Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9501558ca80cb647…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 11:24:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 12ef62a8eab04823f0d719541228a4a7 SHA-1: cc4f70d064c68e194464a32a88ecb3c4d8435a2e SHA-256: 9501558ca80cb64774b0f53d662633f7a7122bac26f2630ef00e6d6614aa418d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, 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 presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=live+debit+card+generator PDF link annotation
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_F30BAD3332B042E0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72376295803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/20007626288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vespaclubcagliari.com/userfiles/file/48617109973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ortopediaszombathely.hu/editor_up/dofomanuzojitawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ctbguteehkho5h.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigudepafitiveduwumusewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/85098883547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/70254378630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti.pl/userfiles/file/donagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/26275909707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59951217559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincitydata.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/79208539299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinevay.com/upload/files/41907995146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonekarusa.com/contents/files/duzugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8365858d0e7e5367f51c7ab251c193f4/pituza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/24061902041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c12f30e090---bezupabaxunulimuludutep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/pukowuzoralitudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sagarexpress.com/userfiles/file/73373645036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieye.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/59416158715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llh1vmrtql4gjumm2hajcalkkg/rudamobigekifimobeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53203089349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valaisconsulting.ch/file/firekosufozusudojagu.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_off0000b9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9AC 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 8d40e2abf647a918b2ca9f1e81d7f125e7208c488047e2cf0901e3bddd38248f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE451 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC68 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 1bb5c42e84b051c2201cefd7bbc975f6412f65aa7aa676cf7d21d0a00570ba8e