Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bb967677fe168c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 17:12:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 908bd32f2a6e0be8fad5e8eec29fc3c8 SHA-1: 21e78a7066cf7e6604db6cb532c135983f9caa6a SHA-256: 9bb967677fe168c23e4137fed32c385bb0442d98ffe13e357316f8219babccd8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mary+l+boas+solution PDF link annotation
    • https://bvphcn.bdata.vn/upload/files/56363436274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisnordmedical.fr/docs/file/vowabenajopekewanumoxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajej.pretty-match.com/upload/files/mojesosixomoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021090922415644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/26784266809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poulinstrapscan.com/userfiles/file/47479275783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskypohar.cz/upload/file/15074054431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/56763234190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d2897a7d6e1a2d9d9d83dbd8b833f61/45624019500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurokawizolewanovajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/42877259127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f5aeacacd7---67559997584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meghdoothsuzuki.com/uploads/14435230962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/vevovuxabeduzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/mulofive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twapp.freshkon.com/upload/files/pezujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyochonbuenapark.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/xewifewijoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/44156200563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/17363979988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/64978023110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff721cd166---98830381211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipedagawupugano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/defuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/41713900774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/sepukagamatibafuririlebom.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_off0000d21a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD21A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA31 10316 bytes
SHA-256: f332f2fe71fa0151e01b203641e12600e619cf6131036b47ec795d5461c73190
font_02_sfnt_off00010194.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10194 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 34c7e5e0e7452e902b4d98d570bed7816aa13bc060b3e287a0c70c012d45011a