Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9543ad56d6a31551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c623bd659dcc0ea3b107f38cf081ab6a SHA-1: ef50b0458af096d9150c4102879928d939978f59 SHA-256: 9543ad56d6a31551058ec7441cbc50cd5670cd0662645c46cbf4b2ca8f4cf923
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mercedes+benz+2015+e350+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://e-park.es/img/uploads/files/ponepito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948eb17fca7---64082186036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67257e84d1---wabun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/wutifuxerewisira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ce19e1bb2336489bebc845b4014003/40902865542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33127576741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca7048bd933---86060117077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72423640498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67696188356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71990569871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/39277963204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/setoxovubumivazawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vikohasanfiber.com/upload/files/65633068517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/23874815271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genbreedpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/23628794697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/gumodarabatovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/kemitimuzuzunufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/tisemagimozizosevipadena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saintarseny.ca/sites/saintarseny.ca/files/file/gotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaeocs.com/clients/c/c7/c75ed17bfa54634cfc1039f1b599a7e7/File/15881944590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/63030026872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dakumiputesilegipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881738e5d90---lofenefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8a4872729---livugoxupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/8533737625.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_off0000f4b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B8 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 2d08e3f3f7ff727e6cbc12db6c1ee3dd0b0413d55950c469298dd2c93353c5d6
font_01_sfnt_off00010ebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EBC 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 7a16da446dac2e7471250be1492de595df357a3fedb9994fa7526802bbf7022b
font_02_sfnt_off00013cee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1