Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a9de836da482dd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 13:36:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 85dc0227d52b4e966ab8974cc899b1b4 SHA-1: b582e930eeadab0d8853ab827e47a8d992272ad4 SHA-256: 9a9de836da482dd90323eba03099bab133c4b8f12a5aeca2d884f133cb821d61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with several URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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 http://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/3885587990.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://learnrkb.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavokelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/dotuwigapur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/53859391218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/90797518083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/37249852704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pre-www.bridge-college.com/uploaded/ckeditor/files/57336926890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/situmozewununubolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202109/file/1631106843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/9119069001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bimofowozepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/5372577201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/rawasudelufalirunovuxena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonekarusa.com/contents/files/67454645799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapevowodikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141233e80fea---vizufepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/jepuporafegekukuxarunurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd1cd5461dff0687324ca4494b49f2d/88197173444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c5eb5b39b---gatobiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n3ss.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gukinarawidufevuxaluzarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/senepuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/4939776607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911191239223608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10313951064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/mefekisagimogivuvapegatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/40813804993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sreema.org/FCKeditor/file/ruxigexutafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=kernel+redmi+note+9+proPDF 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_off0000b250.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB250 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA62 15040 bytes
SHA-256: d0128873ba94367e9737e1f7df3ae96544dae14ffad50997a0c7578ca30e07e0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF085 10384 bytes
SHA-256: decdf421b90654d49347c3634c3c664bccfe95b043613f9e1c1eca3a0afb279c