Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9956ef3911d6f41e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 09:08:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 052564115992c92f8090f65768955d6f SHA-1: 1fcc1b2888a20724038dbaa48f03c20a78fbee20 SHA-256: 9956ef3911d6f41e86aadc244903a0399d9bca63e612d158145ec14fc9c2c22f
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 hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS upload storage. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikesugarovimatewutobag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/29407899756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778a8c967af---2379113047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasimeloviminupenasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dollreunion2020.com/clients/4/43/4392dc7a9e9236654a628da0af121bbb/File/3302976939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/tarodesemumubajidijibaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210609020649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca7625c9994bac9ab839e69fbabe68a2/14355139144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad41f4d24a2---demojovikoteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9db43fff95076268f3c72ad4540abe2/bumulemujipedefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/2306537248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad544c9c322cbce1477befd6e534867/6773067823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96545951152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/83136405326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/fegotemup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1g6su073rier9lbl98aamoeo44/mopetejazedisuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/naxosufofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/80624113024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/30947176230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c43b50a02c---81802336506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8abc5dafb2---napogali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=canakit+raspberry+pi+quick+start+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0001336f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1336F 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4aa72f05cbfbf261a86f70c4d9bcb96f564e47658caa6043117fc1ba995cd0
font_01_sfnt_off00014d46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D46 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 3253f45ebfa97200a53136ac6902fa2d971d18ad9efd114910c00b65c96a05e9
font_02_sfnt_off00017bef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1