Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb9ebfec661aa878…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 15:13:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 13fb2c575b4239e24d1d8bb58b62c964 SHA-1: 444c783aa5d3893271d8b4c08ce7dc5a548a7108 SHA-256: fb9ebfec661aa878443ebcadb5864fbf412b2e336c1a3f4af92ea309b4cbac7c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. These links are presented as a lure, likely to trick users into downloading malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript likely facilitating the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/zimofajitugewip.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://penzion-pod-rozhlednou.cz/img/file/89439787588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu88fgic4jgal5irc1ttdglp86/kowaxaxoxizabafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfoodntea.com/dataroom/file/lerosimita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e2d6edce4---83363876243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/70386687989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/63399673579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29416415127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/godexomuvixuwosepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linker-apps.com/files/6960445920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myshalewell.com/userfiles/file/lewijani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/92015325063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3175770593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/7214890454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gne1vvv2c1ns9ne2on9abnoktm/84124690767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///fowil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51ac9341a4d02d910c3380d571be1e2b/81099584372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japukunobiziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/19251939997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjcounsel.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37766481468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/zefokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concilianavarra.com/userfiles/files/37172740486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/77144680639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psihodesk.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimupuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/54403309586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=windows+11+free+upgrade+from+10PDF 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_off0000b5d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5D5 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 7183091667c2c7097befc0d2bcba0be13ce2f6a3bba45f4c5de050fac747b242
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e77d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77D 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 1682b3dbd0d872c7e97102bf7a9580ed3d2b2d535e1481c1e26237f1fdae293e