Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9daaec7e2447c92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 23:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c9a41b4edb94aa411ea430413daba7ca SHA-1: 811282d7d68c352f69669f95028c96be3430d1aa SHA-256: e9daaec7e2447c92926cb306f83b5a74f457be20d95a9adbd432a928e43a7eb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm that points to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the final destination. The presence of JavaScript actions within the PDF suggests potential for further malicious activity, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/61216859621.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pratham.one/file/56293703732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e243b76c1---kugesabojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alebusph.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/soketoxadudimoweturizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegym.com/uploads/files/202109021652306282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alde-pace.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sazozotemizoduvifeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://el-tall.pl/pics/file/16705390233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_69C59B87D7EB9100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sidimikizufixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmilenio.net/datamont/userfiles/file/99987715096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/94996940562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/vemuvedisipemebijubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamaskitchenorder.com/uploads/files/fuxavogebasibakuwafidozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f215965062---25518615310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97209490347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottuk-e.org/userData/board/file/87352862367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://85560891.com/upfolder/e/files/20210907131801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ff72bdbe6---53082318745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/guxanonikone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/37601339716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/69157634353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekogamma.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14650209846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301c3745a30---90967912786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133461d14323---fiwagaduputukofulesinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/90050505421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=amir+beck+introduction+to+nonlinear+optimizationPDF 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_off0000d0e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0E8 20016 bytes
SHA-256: d08459916e6594daa02a2f5427b73c1fcba73d25d9a17b2462902c955de110a1
font_01_sfnt_off00010567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10567 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 8a9cf53692488af8a4fa4f6f2d03e7733b8d594cd9f9b22c04543a9ecbeb6227
font_02_sfnt_off00011e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1