Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9274ccbcd9516dc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-14 00:57:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3c874adff338d1831140d2aa848b3e93 SHA-1: e641d7ff9b03291c019097bad9e7c8eb2a257438 SHA-256: 9274ccbcd9516dc59e41bf70a60b8100f4174d754d9d05360132a0c046dcaa3e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The embedded JavaScript stream, combined with the link farm, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of this file.

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+linux+os+list PDF link annotation
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82b64103d7e86a8ecbcbe0f93cc3ee38/vibugexifamedoxurobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/86775547354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/musudusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/14171757261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/36632818903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatbiodiesel.com/userfiles/file/31894301462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f23c4a2c1a---77772737522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/puzoxorikulodugaguxepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf2fcnte0fpfts1ipe8io5isu3/wavefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106160946488877641fgxre.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isspskola.lv/userfiles/files/gowepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77a62c4781221506c57c900e37dfcde2/17982465852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9d1dd887d---waxesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a66806581---lozasawile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf6b96428a---pegegokenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/nugejumozanatigasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad3af0e27b---durusetap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91100685751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/pisowubatojarovazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/navusajixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97349521108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/80229346614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbtech.kr/upfile/files/nasiveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/52575882652.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_off0000eff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10807 9888 bytes
SHA-256: 2460782334775b1ad2953b002a2c5b57ff9e5c376af6183e1725947d125c5a9f
font_02_sfnt_off00011df8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF8 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 5dd99bfed2be6f7c9e3bc87d10fba296e167dc7868ef96236c0d97f0b2f75b96