Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9ebcc6de89b4d7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-19 05:13:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 814b66886ae75f60c22eb247b91f0c9c SHA-1: 90484fca0083d0bbbdc97431d5638e1dfbaf731d SHA-256: f9ebcc6de89b4d7a1e6f27d077adf57d7860d3494321792c99b2b563261e2265
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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 http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/dugew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/52581735232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e68momo.com/shopadmin/upload/files/xejosalosurowudokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumosushingrill.com/uploads/files/86452732664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5orb1rktmv9rln16tiqklrtdeu/winawawuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec97743e6d6---dininepusofirapusufekixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/11939501529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210514191540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/felufujenabijawonifigugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083788fd55b4---25487221247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7697ba4cac---7739938512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d512da6ddcf---mumatejuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5737251d9978e83c129bfcab6022c0d/8290923539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25c4b736a78a7bcaa6d4d39e9b1d31fb/kevawatatewuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/16908177344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/daxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vig2u19g6se1hkpg81o4nu2gc6/37993105135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f266431b0a---78886066704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072137430713---79084227252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/regisogopakugewikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113c366cbc58---paxoxixuwewabojaribezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c298c047ea---19736474642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/bunosewuwaxiwuvekofisapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pirates+of+the+caribbean+medley+piano+easyPDF 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_off0000e3cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3CF 11140 bytes
SHA-256: a2dbfbbe92eb77371435bb5c73aa5575dc13249c5bf8d310e70d289ae0fe7cb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD6C 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 4581b3fc4c7a27ab6d28b81c2d7d6b08a091d28a85abd0036d2ded6fade7221a
font_02_sfnt_off00012c8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1