Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ac84daceb4fd7d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 22:46:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e7a4f89e77a055446b94b8d2f7228597 SHA-1: b84b5d9a31198ebbc2d8965bc46b0cf8566f67f4 SHA-256: 9ac84daceb4fd7d0e237facbaa99ff4ee56ceaadd7d893db690de4dffbcb0099
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of a visual download button lure reinforces this phishing-like behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://natpuedu.in/userfiles/file/98879614706.pdf
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/wepunalufimezibanepulebeb.pdf
    • http://24x7taazasamachar.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/puzagirineguxufamonubev.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fed07d2148---rotisapiperu.pdf
    • http://cicm2015.mist.ac.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27664076594.pdf
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/3200812686.pdf
    • https://dichvuhappyhouse.com/upload/files/18165365842.pdf
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulame.pdf
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/62975300268.pdf
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131893bf1a79---62077565123.pdf
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebezuvet.pdf
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f82d55ecb68969a1fa27fdde0e118afd/jukagebi.pdf
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/rolajut.pdf
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614094071bf20---lijadarewisipogiz.pdf
    • http://ty-int.com/files/files/70970504665.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d2d20e159---kedet.pdf
    • http://janaturismointegrato.com/uploads/file/nelezimajalawitid.pdf
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/75028174133.pdf
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zopikunupepojo.pdf
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gomodufudome.pdf
    • https://korvioinfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48339846137.pdf
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/modirepujugot.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+alpha+sapphire+download+nds
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e87d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE87D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010094.bin
dbf518821da0e51c4aa15396c1e686965e5eb9bcb9ee6c18d3b2bb41963af74f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10094 10736 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001190b.bin
470fd60ba31051a7cf66d141bc93e011d8b457ce5a4cbd89b95b332c89df74b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1190B 18744 bytes