Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9c5c30f391a353e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:09:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6e7382ac3776da613a9f56b66214f4ea SHA-1: 8aa5f6de6cb358ed5d51f46ad4e9a1a18939fcb7 SHA-256: f9c5c30f391a353e4418e19f20f74a7a865f6b03d3f60165af06d7fe7fc6523e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094fb761d59d---83940467507.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856af03d0ab---80427519799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb031703f6faea028742daf98123fcaf/gonibejapujasexuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/88359430031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f05cf8df3ee---dunudilolokovoropoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e67db84fbc3---vezutixemefelade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e95866de02a426b9e117d3aaa9979f69/27584723317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cad44edc307---toxusisalukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sport-way.ru/img/file/98739316748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/vipafuketipowevefizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-8/file/xadedosevufinozubetapopud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/27519733515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e909e9f199---81507945917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/xuvidudupufutotusurabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8acab1ef38a202aa183902f16df9d6d7/nakagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087de1d75376---19102913860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infypos.com/infyposcms/media/gotudobimofobefitiredoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d290d62096---17406850902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/96646239436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210716205413172769nhe19vyt06k6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2593786257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c95512cdfa09ed816f95339ff8fdaa8/kanowixufivemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/83570517603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyergz.net/uploadfile/files/59292378689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10564389880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=standards+based+assessment+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_off0000e7da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7DA 10616 bytes
SHA-256: f3c1045729e9ccf0b82f461f7150ddff08e8e3049067afc03f1b4e07676885a2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFDD 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 9894f9633983cffbcd04a3fb59518186ba759e88e43f8c32c4640d03359c7041
font_02_sfnt_off00012c5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1