Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a2c72132d2ee7b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-10-14 01:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 4ab5b8f9461ac3da4b93aa4c70458eb7 SHA-1: b45d7e0bc242ae4bb1bd0150c5c2ebfd83b4d3cc SHA-256: 9a2c72132d2ee7b0ba0589d58fc1a3f9720196e2606f1f1617ebdd04defa99f2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+skin+packs+minecraft+ps4 PDF link annotation
    • http://zavalinka.by/var/upload/file/76337082990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolt.fo/public_html/userfiles/files/4968877657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/16351236539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votava2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozidikesawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/wonumazugikomiveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1pm3ai7s72imspc0tmnkk4fj6/67402054659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/9862906493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/leluzevafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epikt2omal92g264hktb5arvg5/zamapudase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/15196085349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48611f91958214c4c638c80b339dd4fa/pegakiniwoditi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugoxazukevunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/31939348244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/musuzegotaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads/files/202110092346348862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewujagejafikufexaxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19193a22d9fcdae62e4b82e18c7518f0/vajazopizopafujegegetanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woykoff.hu/upload/file/26599783207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costarica4d.com/contents/files/83994942039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/23924797849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311ea1a317f---74382923229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/44880880841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae0eb4da9c6d87570d0c3b33af10ac61/risawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zaxabotinuzetufukupidevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a222cd016a5a4bfcc53bb301c679f2/54409397632.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_off0000bd0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD521 15608 bytes
SHA-256: 2899129f64388f893706ac7b0023c56c48cd2ff7763282662721de9e502c24a4
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBD 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 89e5d823b3b5504627644a0a8467b0b00966412adf499a9395e7026070631595