Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9433d079603986f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-29 23:01:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e164a1d8fb93829948456b35e346f9ac SHA-1: 305e1cdf253021496d0788ad12cb3e14aa39b6c4 SHA-256: f9433d079603986ffe1c950ed490382a54421f34266d751b6f1b4665ffadde3b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites. The heuristics indicate a lure for a password-protected archive, suggesting the PDF is intended to trick the user into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47ba5519f2---92415435722.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cooleywestbrook.com/clients/865832/File/86512271232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/79217140681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a790c007d---degikaxamubekofelegiser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d6e407c93---gazuraleradepivovofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://britishcytology.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafaguvule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibois.eu/userfiles/file/xeketalafegifidolejutekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/79480963892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/49615757913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/pupojiwavimokazibodimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83055674662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonkingchina.com/d/files/49775303126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3423e70531530ba6b5b91b1f4523e025/35831111090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplorium.su/userfiles/file/labeperovofazobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/saxegaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanhaochemical.com/uploads/files/kizokuxaruzufuvavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/30664324116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35851be2f069d264c07f87945f13f4b5/76412817249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f1a16514abb3389a97dd161eeb76e9f/39912256516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed7144753e---mogonabibikudifikeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jofirusatokofimuwefijizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210706080544_04agpp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gapozamukelemoginajewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/dobaloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/lapirajefobapotisomavije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/misejuvapenuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcea3f795f5---xijeluxuvisowofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+find+out+my+screen+time+passcode+ios+13PDF 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_off0000f2c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C2 17808 bytes
SHA-256: cbf7b9c7c2c2800917d90fa5159a37ec95539388d5df225a52f6a3181b60f670
font_01_sfnt_off000121bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000139d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D6 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 6176c1493db7491ce21a52fd7aeb5ecf1e649dc9ceaf82c267123c15b383f56a