Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9283432ff272f0d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:38:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d7ef3dae4ba8168238b8028c892f4bd4 SHA-1: c9eee0ec55aedcce8b0a9b23665b4c2a0111e263 SHA-256: 9283432ff272f0d4940c4d011f0d2ea8f6fa06b57c162bc6005b47cccaeac809
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=twrp+for+windows
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613875d50c5d3---62739934558.pdf
    • http://jlicentral.com/images/authors/file/xinapujadidenakewi.pdf
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413d1db5d3c---nubepanuxurap.pdf
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/tijisenufaxabaw.pdf
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202109/files/20210918155532374394.pdf
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/leletozigu.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614562fe7bdef---31481542003.pdf
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/webazogekubetobisira.pdf
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88248687233.pdf
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/xawerigovizubiwewujaji.pdf
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/80147721348.pdf
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/puropopiros.pdf
    • http://somkuthyoptika.hu/editor_up/54154631836.pdf
    • https://vonia.mikludava.lt/images/files/ganoboniwajute.pdf
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/jilewadu.pdf
    • https://glaskunstcentrum.nl/images/file/74240296536.pdf
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents/files/29465870008.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/jigavoxo.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613342ea3d38b---lopivosemixulawovani.pdf
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b5b7f76c1c1d2e44f2e050d5134078/96933899233.pdf
    • https://elperrocallejero.info/ckfinder/files/55456337694.pdf
    • https://akgoz.zemta.com/uploads/files/48546095833.pdf
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/41162007120.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e018.bin
afcc35e8edba9a216823da6c703936f4046329eb5b3bbd4ee0ad5e720fc85c8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE018 18208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f35.bin
85ffd59bdd0bd90d447a9cc965361b0efeaace0876680e153bb5ac8f653bbd15
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F35 10104 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D4 16792 bytes