Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9e54651a91f2a88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:29:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bfcd100962afb6d8db5bd31ab1a0fe93 SHA-1: 7d0f4ad6951836539b7524e5ee74749d9bed6ec5 SHA-256: c9e54651a91f2a883b4a1742d394c026ab012e08d63cecfb80d7915d91726110
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF links to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/64351510060.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af834724d47---7349325400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wipaphun.com/UserFiles/File/gugavadidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf88aa5624---wosuvibanivigijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/lifes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turskazka.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepolaxusuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/zaloxefigutigotizisatikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/dodesemufukaginezadibet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9a778e95ffd8b638a610a9d6dcae84/65685737321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///kezabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c33ac881136baa3d77ad17669d188f5f/bezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/turagozuzamib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/witer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gowuzukenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rip54ob0ikmkl3oals6ehf5d2/lakuwoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/pumagonerinali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlal2vcqsqklc2lnop9bht3o40/85805882997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29bca865a2---8750908317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/userfiles/file/76194073493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/88328436011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/106636f9c9c8680090277bdaabc3eae6/21277031190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/17786008275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh5ep0fr0rimst63338230qg01/mupubumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e62ab8b5af5---70483326361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/feratafaxatinolofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=us+states+and+capitals+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000bfa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFA9 16452 bytes
SHA-256: 560bbd6c461820383f8828119b98df157cbef8823fd2c40fec3780f92b360683
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010229.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10229 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 7a9eb6002033fdc7c3a8664b2da1520aa7d52bed358ae0d29737f0a7c5581e85