Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b53a1e0d5c2a3f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 12:30:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 76c6caef85ef7672a6c2fcf29277f886 SHA-1: 66902a5626f4a8e2cc2ac8672a55823c8f5f2c7e SHA-256: 9b53a1e0d5c2a3f9a8437730410594d9441ea873c0a2adc680873080673b7a4e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly analyzed for malicious intent in this report, is a common vector for exploitation in PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/93866908928.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/xasexujiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f31255f43c---popepepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/59334122762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/76208762280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be17644e29e032923cc1b705728454b/57157666030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/ruwufewinuzovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/68559282966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c439714da6e9b147b9a7b7eb3cf78617/4373666063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082eb22bb25a---395486821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/disapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://71mhsreunion.com/clients/f/fd/fd19d29f3ef40f7e1d0269d1df38e7d4/File/vatebesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/penopipefukevuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95487781525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/5458171386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b75981a7c8---nevibesinax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/45482391136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/95902472145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f41b8f788---sivomuwejovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7726138d7d---dukowuzuret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd50742194---fonekufaleparijopavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608775394892c---kamubekukugoxaratexozukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c042b09215a---wedaxojuwatokovixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd0bd203d8---59855989282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b354691cd20---dunusegaxodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=abacus+training+material+free+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000ddf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF608 11268 bytes
SHA-256: f38214d22566000450ed37c505f1872bdf2150fc277fef1e42d69de66e3bf78e
font_02_sfnt_off00011029.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11029 16976 bytes
SHA-256: cc7ae39b5cee8f5fcb9fcf9d3417e941454392e2011bebd3faf2682fe0dd4534