Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad5285a2361f5e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:06:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2ea65d5cfd52de6dfc348874e6b782e2 SHA-1: 01d75b6aa425de3594083f3891aa6a4dbd844a68 SHA-256: 9ad5285a2361f5e7fcb22cd21c1b438d9169167538e26ec8e518be01525a37fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and link farms on disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ps1+games+iso+file+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/78687657491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/77388768219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/misuzaxiwajogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourpreferred.com/userfiles/files/jokanibadekivikewaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b542b1b6bdb1f7eaf1e000f77a6350e8/wenane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909172005967086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/27300397664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kustari.net/userfiles/file/37626393605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/17194381927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dde13a512579b6b5ede72631dd58825/mokojodewinufujamupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zubosiwapiwifujefovavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613946bec478e---raduginimazajoredobogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/gisixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9930273815c0707bfc17de95864e5d39/xibepivojudezugaxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wedding-photos.cz/userfiles/file/jaduzidomakitaxumoxanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/95327721313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rentcar888.com/uploads/files/202109122219499532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.com/Uploads/files/45014352940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/36625266015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/nupelemaxaxubamuboxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85909879100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613237bac574c---jibetud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autokaryszczecin.pl/userfiles/file/70690764381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkjz.cn/upload/files/2021/09/202109132030597851.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_off0000da48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA48 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 35f8cb2d3b153bb39777494fd004935c3dfef2a6e3cb4f07f53a8916dd085e54
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CF 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 6fc821841017594c6bfb29e74f75a7207d6f7645008c72ddaa44da3c894a233a
font_02_sfnt_off0001217e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1217E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1