Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca9a85711f0eff34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:52:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f3ffbbbe5364b7ff42b9f16ec78561f2 SHA-1: dce6a0d85807deb6c35e5c627401c64d56f5317b SHA-256: ca9a85711f0eff3481cfc511e6ba2993efe75814b924cb8ad56ac6e937aa0e96
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. The heuristic firings indicate that this PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35914709775.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/biragedatabapopaxonaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/22207853265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a55356b6aa---xogedazutavegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/jodupovalefatededilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83db207aaee76e64ee1a48eb562adc9f/99951839839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f923f7a75bd---24231119952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff07c5c42d---zenegomizomobolepewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chekeeh.ir/basefile/chekeehir/files/99545075309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a728b4aa200a38a9acc4d46e70681a2/doziwesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970eb8119bd---lipinipigesodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a29848b63cfd934a7c298b30ff0adc57/xotubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af9bba9b78008c4ccc505edc45a6eac4/30702076886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99669332456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertinu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20778022834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcubepgiangtrinh.com/webroot/img/files/75943484793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161006fabf2c7a---nalixenimabali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/29470547799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemolabuwamilunotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupigarojezagelopopebawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=reading+comprehension+strategy+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c3f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC10 11252 bytes
SHA-256: c4c91ce9bdfd328b8fc81962586a285280585a7213a9ea1060658ad3002657c9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF617 17192 bytes
SHA-256: b14d51826d0995951c138eab7f5dc60ed1b4b11db8038ba7d3913ca61e660bf2