Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9917adff32fa58b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:14:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 44e391d9076bc15c0c17d013a9354915 SHA-1: 5c60ec53db14de9a6f262f7d40059799662f2808 SHA-256: 9917adff32fa58b1b53e6b4750320acb85e52c3cb61871ca2d525ad0f154409f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=easy+2+point+perspective+drawing PDF link annotation
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/kepuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baglab.pl/galeria/file/powazesakinonamamekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210830090446_14veb0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b09f116d1a---86706104883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f87dd6e0a39fed4ba02dc45165e84af/nunititefemememufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/duluwize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52168044546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzysztofmalec.pl/gfx/fck/file/91895292493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/divevuzawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a276ae8ab59---wowolulavesiguwoneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/209d2f42c34ef80a35d36d12fac76f45/widokinuritigifezanofubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/18213459440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl1n52umul577450dl9jop1o14/dubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/genujotipidujigelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/53931393613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trisyscom.com/userfiles/file/27220437434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findplusltd.com/file/77952725830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konstruktor33.ru/app/webroot/files/files/91307081786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/36116519866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisareselim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/70684195258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezokniga.com/uploads/file/pubeduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2015.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonexivixololegewikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/zopijitukesiwepinosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceab4acc75829721b2c7909d40cc7853/64083355165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/24376736202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebd292effc08604bef6673aeb8d568c4/wademazupeses.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_off0000ee9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9E 17980 bytes
SHA-256: cbda02ce57171178d536937fde4af8c9c449f2efc39848e4571c83a304a709f7
font_01_sfnt_off00011d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D79 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 4e2cc6d0f203e68c37e4e5846a83abfb5e0e343a19f509cad5abe885433f368c
font_02_sfnt_off0001372e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1372E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1