Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9b18193af5d75e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.9 KB Created: 2021-08-25 07:59:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 833b2264cc193dfbfe57eb92fdc818d2 SHA-1: ab3da357946d66fb5262368906678d1f68545790 SHA-256: d9b18193af5d75e5cd5cd812558a5cb28b209a191a74a58b55276ea8a730ae4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a644e5e8e9c---87773896074.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f417f4a052ae1b4e4e14985970d90dc7/ravufadowobuvobexiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/319777570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/30094880382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinitojebupuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/84016659436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c187f47395b711a72542262d4d33ab5e/38585520563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4188e1f2ffab64fa5ecfe341c36a057/ratolukikenovezuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/foxaguxuzaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/siraginasoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33d0b828903236911bdaa4f2f92a5640/74304544677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95742c960f---rawizikokapotagilekinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161091a90a597c---fejozapesiwomarit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://press-centr.com/images/file/womaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/poliwepev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67e1958bb9---67167910487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e2f0c5089---selavutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4892d9127---83323933423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/futet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866e08d758a---38290141344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/jajefede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/16144184251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/vozizowavekudonibixibomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=county+antrim+townPDF 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_off00016b16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B16 10252 bytes
SHA-256: d352a00e0bda4f6f6a4ad68785e23b525bff5de3b4784633e1d048777ff83318
font_01_sfnt_off0001822e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1822E 16816 bytes
SHA-256: e109223269c4edc73c98e27d65540d4ed8495093b6b1c89e332bbe619f156085
font_02_sfnt_off0001ae30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AE30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1