Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9dcefac5575b2ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 16:19:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6c233e287899e641355819a1c21412e7 SHA-1: 6e1ad6995ffc90e406dbd71a082ce02109f98016 SHA-256: f9dcefac5575b2ea047d0afdbc900c681d2e4091e6bcb0ae072904eb21ba9654
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/xuxanowibunebitoluxujixu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371bcedee3c---7135921340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everywheregenes.com/uploadfile/qu26_qu106_com/files/58559702719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/pirugirijawusole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enredmail.com/templates/files/idCliente_/file/tujamuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/fudeseganabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/58546147731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25937466869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-h.cc/uploads/files/202109151954336422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143679340226---86634391792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404f17d1a10---5727551272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vignolaweb.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesipesabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94627467241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roshnaai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedikipijilexinogibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613258e049d80---fimusonukoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/bajamaxiranuzokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/zibazumekurebegameb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136847ca322b---gekawaneromaxuzorasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bodf6dj69cn2oajhb49149qld6/76056722995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarybrescello.it/userfiles/files/zekilinuxenimepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210904012603157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76174478748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252n7fb6khe00moj715kldpn3b/65657983238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozirerid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=collins+practice+tests+for+ielts+1+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_off0000d57f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD57F 17884 bytes
SHA-256: f768c58129ea3bc7764a7f070f0a97c54dcd660a928fe41213b049ff31d34030
font_01_sfnt_off000103b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B0 10696 bytes
SHA-256: d23bd02095d91764283e4a4a7b76d29fed2e7d703727b74b1603e9a00d34f4e7
font_02_sfnt_off00011c6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1