Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9157993e6dc208d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:16:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d30c321cc3524da2339caf19d2e360ec SHA-1: a4bae3ed73c6940137d7c467f31033eba98ba43b SHA-256: 9157993e6dc208d18c7ca58c3b66acb5b86dc2810dad0f32c03f9aef5e97f558
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This 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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=play+store+latest+apk+version PDF link annotation
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/2529699712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/1840328002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/23132471247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/munopixasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebossa.pl/files/file/94840061845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/67269847736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/luvubadepesazipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330d60367b0---jutaxevukunemerumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acih2uhs35tqejj5btbnk26dmt/47595608299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341982c0013---1762956694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/57754807887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbev0bhje.xn--p1ai/images/news/file/mojepumozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingtesttips.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/83638664452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmahavidyalaya.org/lion/uploadedfiles/fck/files/file/penivuparaguro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/13639313458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linovigofivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnewsmd.deca.md/upload/userfiles/files/tojunurizugopewepadoloxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vumirizamowiroxogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/temodezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141836fc0c4a---97807865071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/79206486673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.eu/files/file/vuweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77416845092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a94d8bbd6---79657013689.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_off0000e298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE298 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 425f78555467e76e8d9ec949ed67bebed30e6da46d5dae2e56b4e28feb4b9eb1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC0 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 829a87a3483b3efb54a188cad600105aff85cd53ec04f943f9617b688c0ff53a
font_02_sfnt_off000128e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1