Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9758fa62dd259fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-10-01 05:37:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: fd223eae3934cd588cf63d4224c37657 SHA-1: 409badc2e3e8d8896658894dd3b4dc3ba194d798 SHA-256: f9758fa62dd259fc6dbfadcd89f4b3e5be368f7c88df134ddf6dc57cb88e074d
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and links to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The primary attack pattern involves a screenshot lure, directing users to click through to a PDF hosted on a compromised CMS, likely to facilitate phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/wazuvawefaduwepatatonatod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://globalfeedindustry.com/upload/files/lezifoxobaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/dexasawixuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2stg986j46qjv3f7eki14me7nv/59736770326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/44790685021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/14749677845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/pagurifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614575312b695---76345660516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g0cncq89jsjn624picm7drn20u/30236550776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sicurezzaips.it/uploads/file/pukisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02791070097a2ce210b52f2e172ddfbf/56000645150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/79138812558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/52678815005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpfro3l22se37s2nc883vvoaa2/14497915860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svarovani-tig.cz/userfiles/file/petakebuguduvemeworuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/1275508064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtdtj994h9ke99kahiim9ivmq1/runebipajepepejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021100109022759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f3bb8acb1c---56122386916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urdu-hadith.com/survey/userfiles/files/nedavebibopizepuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsdirect4u.com/uploadedfiles/file/50255527494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/jajavozabuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=straight+outta+compton+full+movie+putlockerPDF 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_off0000acf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xACF2 11092 bytes
SHA-256: d68bd83df6c26294bcb54b5be231a43d63286cbd8a1231d25f1c80dac0522acb
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A5 13712 bytes
SHA-256: f40e567064480476bf97066a5ffd197bbec18a5e6f809ae4ddd867ac41434dd8
font_02_sfnt_off0000e85d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1