Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9a890420f8a7cb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-08-20 18:56:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 915af77a15f9438a2a42bdd9313d69f7 SHA-1: 076026ef9b62517f419c27a4f0aa02fc4e795619 SHA-256: d9a890420f8a7cb613abea01f0ee55c888c75c35937f04977329b06df054f2a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other domains. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ddbecb0f99---33198708982.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/17565250434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e39e933c3ae---lebesumevekozunefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9937133e2d61bf8d2700883d567564cf/pivisukodazepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210621035230_233238330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvitraders.com/files/91252365614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796eed39caa---30697158533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fminterativa.net/cms/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46285943761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c127b90393f24dce37a288300e038ec0/morafozimunapene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akhp7kqstv5l7q8o1ot2i1s31n/97462639419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludobegatepelufamikidasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66958761246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/bakijikejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5854be6fd---binukudefigodobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/52351409541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59072462258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/15577126735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/texazivuzaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9a49998a1---95044825790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/41721624233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd35782677e---71892101284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=aquasource+bathroom+faucet+cartridge+replacementPDF 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_off0000cf52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE764 15384 bytes
SHA-256: 63ca1ee6c8a1819fae6c5216d6fb8283876841c5673e08d4ca1db4ee13091f4e
font_02_sfnt_off00010ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED6 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 47c2bea0d27b371e8203dd0612b1d89936980a3dbc8292c020e26a4e359c14cf