Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9859c5581fda653b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:09:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d38116162c4e3c05f4ba61f87004f39f SHA-1: 1c3a8b69c42412ede0fafdd9224a403f29e35dcb SHA-256: 9859c5581fda653bb764cd0944c3438e453ab6c13fdf1d988b14af16f2556d01
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including a link farm hosted on disposable domains and a URL suggesting an OCR tool. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to execute further malicious code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+ocr+pdf+to+text PDF link annotation
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/nabifasefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/28850074451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/megakavemuzisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/desuwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/91040774146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/9239752114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/tozetabupigixagipojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8b8a24ef0---tosoxolutufobaroler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/41521410757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612775101bbed---39809445171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/94971756285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16d06f7ba1fdde94d7287f6c17222aa7/50334709862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanpetrochemicals.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/riduvidiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stk5vp3cala2vd1sv4gdrnhr60/numop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af90d4c7744---74181375182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5240490fa0---44615706929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d58453e87fc9c7b87bff28421552f1ee/74888763208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/vutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetuckerfamilyreunion.com/clients/67950/File/sejokidiruxawegapixogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f34a85f02bc7a2b39d8a30b7bf24b17/23480486846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/jegugiwaregadomidekotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fajim9dvpj00c6ff71m4ctin36/juvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquicart.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/pumojijezuliwebatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073867902496---77403530665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68410754741.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_off0000e7a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A2 10408 bytes
SHA-256: eec0fa293a1fec9f091cc7e7f6578764dfca63ea0e79a7507777606faaba20da
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001175f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175F 18312 bytes
SHA-256: d3403694a2d315b7ba9a755c0f87b2c3cd14e409f05c9533a95b59e8068e81d7