Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b252f8a0234408d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 00:20:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1ec89f788c73ca360119d854e33b44ed SHA-1: 6ec1c373dac9db2839d8b358d3476dac68fb84cf SHA-256: 9b252f8a0234408d2f1f595c4c17a0ad8eb95ff598cae90d4f49f8780e88fb7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential for further exploitation or obfuscation of malicious activity. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/30739252164.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9869883488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/78749166897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e02653a5aa54a131fe96d92cce943c6b/51642597498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxemimenetaxeserek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/64046921171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xijepuwejijixekoxejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/40613625985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkycc4.com/kycc4.com/userfiles/files/99673948483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13225156791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c74b686cfc416fb17e2d39577bdccd/35390072332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkjv.com/Images/Media/files/13553850962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311f2fa81be---60847608541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entrackintl.com/uploads/zixulutugizigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8cf9f1c6f---72623973205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qkon.ca/images/file/sukeruvasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hansungid.com/userfiles/file/88462415699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/31593554863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d17d74985---23223520665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320020397eb---ruzepeliwurebijilunezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fototipia.hu/files/files/butofaxera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40387239573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/38560456988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/46258098154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/sanisowojefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=123+movie+2021PDF 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_off0000eef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF1 10024 bytes
SHA-256: 308265db1125a374fc637abfa5dae7446bc94fdec7163fe687375aadd708414b
font_01_sfnt_off0001053a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053A 18916 bytes
SHA-256: f182bd2fc4d698ffa2dc0bd39ac232d0d349d6f099ae90fb040381571a57521e
font_02_sfnt_off000136a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1