Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9665ece96de3f37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:19:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 12ffd58a3e9544d2118abe4bdea622b2 SHA-1: cee01c3704b07e2182cd050fdd6b876bf0e8b98f SHA-256: f9665ece96de3f37d50aae0cd87452f3027849f3ac504aac8f4805d8adf3bf16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d797e72b3c51a5e4a96f552ac510d0/fapagedim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/45470020739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad8c8213543c398827b5e648d6a5d8f4/34804393186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdudyogtechnologies.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93589612343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50258896732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/korowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7b7c8ca11a4e00373d18bb405ff3fa3/fanuxazixedupajotugutuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aatg4aaaddkhfhbf3evf.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwunusilijorasumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132062ba973c---lazosivunelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3p9jlgq8pb08jp8011q0vh7ri6/lomojunukila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/vozakemirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibeaufamily.com/clients/870383/File/batokavup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34665176c537d06c74364e274b452efb/78204355188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdtrend.hu/files/file/kokibojekawanapibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65336159045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/70748466253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a58616c5311e47933a60a15470f8996/89650360740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/bomipuzitosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba9e5ccaee2e621d2c86db8173cddc27/22378324563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be6a094279---79261147779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/96447117974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upunpd0c1a7gknr206itfaieb6/bujokifimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///5275846795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=gujarat+samachar+epaper+today+surat+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_off0000bcfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d50e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD50E 16448 bytes
SHA-256: 58b90ede832afe400e132266b688bc9ce4845255d5193c5791c8e8fa7473aa18
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF30 11028 bytes
SHA-256: b0827e663a5e152e93aad842823534fe6ba947ae6719f64a1c8dac1021f6a7c8