Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9196c9f8381f23fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 00:54:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5f299d557eda58b7472709d7775295ca SHA-1: 5fe8edd8c1c9fdcd83e6cbd49489f0195aeafd6b SHA-256: 9196c9f8381f23fca9460bcbc9563d6a888877ea6d4de0275328a66a589d1551
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external URIs were found, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=apa+itu+debug+overdraw+gpu PDF link annotation
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70920014792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/20871665371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/34491602215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itps-group.com/uploadfiles/file/22210891619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vavinakejiwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xindeshiye.com/uploadfile/file///2021090209444152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazdalkodjokosan.hu/img/userfiles/file/duzukijiloravutizojoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palazzodiaz.com/userfiles/files/tasativevegomowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/wubosonuvoforokunofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saletime.gr/admin/fckfiles/file/lofenafuratokedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrichmond.com/uploads/files/70644221556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/77775667686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/tonogewetuxezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d146bd220---zudubugitenujileja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8c87a4508---57267212186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74465926489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313bcf19466---94578328102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/69634462742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamphuhiep.com/Images_upload/files/62482062388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.com/userfiles/file/78529273643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/19078323087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6799310023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210909033436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/51864359728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/59523432308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/64717929916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19490977472.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_off0000e72b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE72B 16640 bytes
SHA-256: 7287dacf62fd7b11071a9ea57b9e22de64ecfc3d9bac4d96615305de594f6d58
font_01_sfnt_off00011247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11247 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A5E 10624 bytes
SHA-256: c4e13c63ceb15e8bde07f39cd5c7aa262fded8d0ccccea84df08282ddbf5a52a