Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 393b26b261793ed9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:26:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 09d7f313ed6db001f2a6fff8a2486e79 SHA-1: 8f751119817422d916c82ac69a0ec2bab2ccc296 SHA-256: 393b26b261793ed94e2840b7277dccba6116f3a9d3bbc2cac6175bbdf731df7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage. These links likely serve as a lure, directing users to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bike+racing+game+hack PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjsbo0cotbed7k0536dln0n4a3/64634407082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gico.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34595598849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionradvanice.cz/res/file/deniwesurapuzimozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b451f66d2983ac52f4e562e2107676c/sutorigetezunebosexaxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/7511064458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/temojinajekaxopadesatenuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/movomowaxezagugusin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/supanomabiwibifuligenivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/74199524774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcpsystem.com/userData/board/file/sulegipukerudofuvilufoxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingzhicc.com/userfiles/files/53623621293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dellalontra.it/userfiles/files/75679771120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fermobkorea.com/userfiles/file/20210909161950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/77962207431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/tawumovebolamekoxoderoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1631529887dimosuvulobamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/tesiwejoxafoximigepidalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346f40d072c---jolowoxedajevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzgbh.news-read.com/upload/files/22619076697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd0208d56b3efadf51fd3b15b5e40073/dikilopowarufuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/89752690432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/37149373686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34086c2773f812ffc4b6877c001d042/32121803646.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_off0000b9ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C0 15220 bytes
SHA-256: 59ccd4c9525e75153cd1eb624268e591d845b105562ee005eefdfc4837651ac0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f83f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83F 10388 bytes
SHA-256: cff2a31f5bf1f3cc53cfccb106bcf394e894860ff773ca4646f2a182abf978eb