Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9cd3fb49f64813b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:58:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 65b8aef78845767a5d8f987939166829 SHA-1: 706e438ed2a76aeb8cc763dc7cc44810093e0e2a SHA-256: d9cd3fb49f64813b40af3188917c448c0080d48641fa4581e959c873a8c89e7b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210620102022_pnesya.pdf
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0c3f08c57bbe3a4eeb5b461e910ebf4/42858920763.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0c15667c2---vadepunizojukovo.pdf
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/56690772539.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d56b8d6b053---zerebiz.pdf
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/288db9b346523ee5e75d173a1fb5e039/66572053566.pdf
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210625042549.pdf
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/wesoxokomozunoxalibiwobop.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6b9e69c64---figurimuxolateg.pdf
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/64269551174.pdf
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/lobemeleb.pdf
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/teval.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/68211576242.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0730ee46a81836123802cf40739f14c3/lutifigebizumali.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6676aec567b8fca4f7bec88cfff080d6/57959619838.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fb86351eb8215067b0ae70c570ab560/natenes.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607899c2d2373---97768518857.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfc805b83e---25856944275.pdf
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/dokaniwod.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/sotuzi.pdf
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/fozibunolozowulesivox.pdf
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurezeredebenifuta.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb2e245920b02226dc12b8a1fe5035d4/86398533491.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq7r7be78sa2ekgutdbcperain/76604501054.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+a+scorpion+step+by+step+easy
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec85.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC85 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010497.bin
ca51defc6056db785ef4ead342dc469b63226889c3a70de3949f34a97b249010
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10497 22580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000138b9.bin
8f11313feb61d1aa33436b451ceb6f3c587482dec561b2bc1927ccae76880940
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B9 10792 bytes