Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9e1b8fbdac9c220…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:46:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3f72767223f70549e781f1148add4cb6 SHA-1: b30fa1fce9215143c234deadea93e418761ca831 SHA-256: d9e1b8fbdac9c2206d5d704a9be26804cc04ece4e2c415d8c9ee4f3a4271cfd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://unityproductions.com/upload/files/sukumopedegom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brickzoo.it/file/24675043729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e903cc94c09---papulubalaranebevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdc43bcf4c---kokunapelidemozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4fadb27f33004d6bf178b88181243d6/35049269256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/tugudedefozenagofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/numekurakadunaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/14551162473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lebkngs1qje98nfsk8tgrq18s7/93064518468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc9e8dc853305f16d0eeca7de20cc401/21281344270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/37670745871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2033bbcd9b---tijozawaliwusukupawapome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1409d98254ea007aaa73d06d722ef6/22702609808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c58eebcffdb92b5cda166de99e523521/27337983977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dda73d76e4---91901980935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7de7bdbdd---redadomavenewelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15e3d0dc4b---jugusopitojobikanonodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210617_155234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq80d23j2itt3rtoi66rm2k575/gosojovudigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5a1ppgbdh751sltq6rt53is65/nubexeputekuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcsteel.com/uploads/baiviet/files/94596333025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/bavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v17ps9d7j40h7krr5ia5237reh/jenoxosuzinabafijotutewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=from+pride+to+humility+a+biblical+perspective+pdfPDF 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_off0000f7da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7DA 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 1f614688a087f83a6c15a68e82c1d3caf53dcc999b9c0c2d82f1a744cd3773f7
font_01_sfnt_off000111cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111CC 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 52ae57b5511b5c94beaaa538c6ef1eff40269bcb37eb238edfab77b56f2d1f8a
font_02_sfnt_off00013ddf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1