Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9802d49d712463f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 17:12:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 88d53c58f58790f4b6c8331163ac69fe SHA-1: 5b7fb84c8f0faee05cd76b87d34a479f12a58a22 SHA-256: 9802d49d712463f53f742300f341618287e58e40876608798b882d9ae7ae4251
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+messages+android+to+iphone
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/badekewarib.pdf
    • http://zimmerei-possert.at/3651476216.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87a76e6fc9f909325409156f5c4d4db2/44183262234.pdf
    • https://cuichi177.com/uploads/files/202109151427238696.pdf
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents/files/62438769824.pdf
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dd2123a56c0a9b7774b7879f8d68d01/mitudivevadunuwomom.pdf
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazororutaraxamejot.pdf
    • http://www.emploi.nat.tn/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goxakuwaxabudizaxozaj.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374d2d10d7d---76016584204.pdf
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukakilorazavetirix.pdf
    • https://luckyfood.itweald.com/uploads/files/614d8b289548f.pdf
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/resiveke.pdf
    • http://bishnutoursandtravels.in/userfiles/file/koraguwarufotamo.pdf
    • https://sukienmiennam.com/userupload/files/rotelopuxus.pdf
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/ckupload/files/jonubip.pdf
    • https://www.pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajapumunenowat.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc0a308e69---jijatawarurijudumuxulegu.pdf
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ce0c8c72872bafafeb7ae70c4ccd340/motaguvopapiluxugomajin.pdf
    • http://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/jawoletizateredulorowami.pdf
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91249132227.pdf
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sadilafotubovilujire.pdf
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/nokotiwopepobibemegiw.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_off0000aef6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEF6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c708.bin
65b9e03d8d66b249a3bf90b0d7c8bf0957c64eb087fddf5507f0b9a35400635a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC708 17120 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2b8.bin
293c424a47de4312bed48b72636d7b5ee99643fd8fdb8e92ae2d0772fa18e166
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B8 10976 bytes