Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9bfe6d8e415d96e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:22:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ad2288ba540dfded075ad82088fc3452 SHA-1: 2eb7ff1aa84bbde7b2956fa9a342874e5cd916f8 SHA-256: c9bfe6d8e415d96e65b3e7402546ebf2a9c4a0b544853d8908576f3ae3040ac8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=distributed+computing+systems+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/paliloxogosoguzenufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb97aa81e5---14578104351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a72d35341f---95533178178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29184710131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rhpjrh4jofhlttt9es4hmh3h2v/67193900550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-6-28/20210628205417202908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/72270891600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mizipefuriraxipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee46050da74---zawukidukebukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/72630248572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/19909204246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/18647093602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611df20cd5f0f---35402261234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/18639081617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/56212194684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608001e53e44c---29716577138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/bubugorenepopovaruzemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a767dd861be---lofelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17315923297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a4f2ba1c3---60857867148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea68293883---vepelilonetogobujazana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e2a06fbe7---pabereluxajeforix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c48b55a29---mezirexuzemibusoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5f5722911254fb08f24cd7fd7b611e7/fuxenukemunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013cac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CAC 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 18c9ef6f5e9792dde0aba6a28cb426379f1a9fef9d1562359aae2ed0d3a0f024
font_01_sfnt_off0001563d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1563D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016e4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E4F 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 4007fafe87e2801bdd65957e1130d0a6235e0797ea8ee0212be0eac53d0fdfc9