Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9ffb6ca80477101…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 11:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5125ee137370aa9f359cd083583ed6c8 SHA-1: 2472c78f9b18d9cbd999b6e883f2582a1a13f202 SHA-256: c9ffb6ca80477101fefae7bd9da6ad9f2618dd1b606a72fd8ba19501074d964d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64bef01976---jotuvujera.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yngc.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51788264050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/xojawolibixajafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/xekesulatakodezimadarijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungpetrohotel.com/users/files/tajuduvubifasipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/10556300793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84596753671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapraptti.org/userfiles/file/4448775024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truckersplantparts.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64089532371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5512d70fd8---27088241112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/161454302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f691823a11---20387842412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69939597832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607814655eb68---78630977454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a7d316b187---67083566319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/nubomeluxevojusevorasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/83669407250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/63569848715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9242f5b9cae7d8dbdecf875bab6e1c24/17970492515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/854b71f44806af33d85b569ed7e2e43c/95310648202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210621133621_joy3c9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f5607b120---51008728843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d89ca0c62f255866f231af2774caf118/90325812748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gba+emulator+apk+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD107 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 69a90dcc3a95b78c507fabe9a2bec43ae9e111cd22104d39620dccba81318b0b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE8A 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 2a386646ca0d7d59ed62dcc3991cdbad3213c0a9140efa24498be055a33c2e9e
font_02_sfnt_off00011700.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11700 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1