Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9f1387922a9afb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 15:04:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: bf835f47638cdc9a3b950c66d98ebf59 SHA-1: 723d549b2bb4e54b9ed93b3c4cfecb55ce213810 SHA-256: f9f1387922a9afb8c1e5b35de4d223a1d3a8420b36a285ecb5528e72504fa552
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the malicious links within a large number of disposable or compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9824

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+albert+einstein+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f82790c4df51744c3ab7c9ddb4fc8131/fawisasodazupono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57316405051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhopalliteraturefestival.com/mpsdp/uploads/files/lojekikumikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77522274845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/16235888945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://degardo.hollandpazsit.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuselugirewosibuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161491d3f6e3cd---19870402933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/63178218926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electronicaindex.nl/images/uploads/bovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lednotice.com/userData/board/file/42619330680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synfarm.com/upload/files/65065084501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/26076774554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/jagugexisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huyndaicaudien.com/upload/files/tiforere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25c1c2b7fa6ba867eb13b3a536a21fff/xiwotunowezusasixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://permargi.com/files/galeria/files/13983663920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210903045920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.com/images/file/tofiwipojawuxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a31c66c34cd315f817866eefa024a9d8/3390456273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/30591376462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/1444942175613932f1d40f0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tobn56.com/UpFiles/file/notebapumigeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e43e0438e2496b65795b251bc6edb5a1/jonaxasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lixtech.com.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/1410884064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/54110579648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53369803821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pokereshop.cz/data/file/24489167555.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_off0000df70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF70 17632 bytes
SHA-256: b2cad35db8e947be4638973345024016a45f1355d01387b94f5df0029ad1fd4d
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124DF 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 8a931240540318d2768a322a930df4df0be065a689a5904b5434a75dbd128a6d