Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9e47f21367b78c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 12:05:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9938719f9177976e0c1a996809f638c8 SHA-1: 7577be5ab674e797c09f1bb3e3716ac97ce086ac SHA-256: f9e47f21367b78c66fee5de3226252dc5ef3ad4db2e5cef3b612319f67f344b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which are part of a link farm pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=valkyrie+profile+ds+rom PDF link annotation
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/fifolibodobibuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/55059538426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335fefeb7b6---62974311587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganudimipofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95901302962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nakotimusisigagunalagow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53907181407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/fubeketaveletefilojenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/34361264241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/98809044541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021090710474492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waropufusibidemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kotolantopeni.cz/files/97523730324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22363157961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/7885692859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/76973213843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/88282616144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbigas.net/media/files/risabimazijonejufuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130708a1bfb2---59942539713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officegate.biz/admin/fck_upload/file/61895132207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/buxoralazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/3916995707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fa22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11234 18048 bytes
SHA-256: dc5869268c418043fb8f48eb29a6e2cf6acfd3d0ad6538795e890bce5b04eb42
font_02_sfnt_off000140b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140B4 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 4fbfb8b42780e2d92f0e90436269fd4b27a9e71560d85b45d2c0e8b309a4b19c