Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe9d0774ac0f0efb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 15:56:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b849464981dea4cb9bcb7360fbf84d92 SHA-1: e1388572bcd68e38190c6bc4784b022d6fdfdb5d SHA-256: fe9d0774ac0f0efbb45293794ef6f2ab02b856bd6794aef2e1fb3f4d5c560b27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised websites, including those on disposable hosting, further indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/81462585870.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d4ca4a4c18562541ccfc2b0bbdd863/7576054350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28be23748b---22998873097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b851e0642---93676375871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/mawado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/jigafalisijekexovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/9522921002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e43270c539---32195563276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/wabixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afc6c823a9---rikusugog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ddf23c703---modamoririwimojada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/76031107749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/82334784904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/541206662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/91411420448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecaca7e8473---zokijinapumejezito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/83380376272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/ganazelixiwazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajtrhaeqel8jvahncc903mu98g/fetagupumuxuguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d646fe9955---4469099523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/17655417275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/nopunulenatozubisin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=stress+test+by+timothy+f+geithner+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off000107b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B4 16516 bytes
SHA-256: e99e192522a6c1f30913ae636201f390f891b44c24c076a45b7798adc47b3c9e
font_01_sfnt_off00013244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13244 11360 bytes
SHA-256: a0edefef76326677238186a409a073523945608372ffad745b580f763151b19e
font_02_sfnt_off00014c76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1