Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9555e1fbd637d262…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:12:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 70bcb3c7e34da89464b98716dfb006f9 SHA-1: f07f699e7c193d36ce3c9f003e80cbf55d2f5a1f SHA-256: 9555e1fbd637d262eae65de0e804bb93f8dedfca5458f9ec3a6170cecea91678
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect 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 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://beliangka.com/contents//files/zakuzetewa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e81b28e87---worav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/wufogilukimawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102bbb93e8f0f42f6abfba7257513d13/39694726964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607167ec7b5ce---10961532431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607720da22385---75388453634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833b41b108e---kopiwawolafelimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/67169029626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56995a3dbacaae85347d896e690edbea/kagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69184699952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/61405425085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c524a3bab---bugafufabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949ba018f0c---75594143261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/ronezativu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/dopirubanesonagadapekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broodjedenbosch.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37948033589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6480c6fe6b5df225a054283b7a47e694/7845160134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/komovutalixuxirikekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/nivupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f2c99698---21310612848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh9pmf8mncpdg6kdg4qk2p40g9/zidojomafexeluvowanomuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210530111213120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/gorijezivuvusapuliwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=gnm+questions+and+answersPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e6d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D4 17884 bytes
SHA-256: a2a86421d7c9d7f4f796301c1c501f151a7858f0a857c10ef7088cca1548baac
font_01_sfnt_off000115f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F0 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 1a38985b2def167cce8383320b960233608bd01faa8983dd6c027951da4b7995
font_02_sfnt_off00012e82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1