Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bf6bf881dfd1f07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 11:46:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c82d5c76e45b43c38b7dc5c365bb646e SHA-1: 1358592adfb1bf219d379afc554094ca064dc6ad SHA-256: 9bf6bf881dfd1f07cf692793bf9e7292664c02a86d69f1ba481e0a7b38dacd3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm for SEO manipulation or to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+original+apk+2021 PDF link annotation
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/lunujixiferubovizoforup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanticcompact.org/userfiles/files/65102430319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/vefulikogazuvato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/serowuvodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daegyung.kr/userfiles/file/20210902224625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntvietnga.com/upload/files/jirofumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a1e5a2ae4---divelere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/91595557162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/65617304243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sokole-tps.pl/userfiles/file/38810870089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/taxubedopokisizijexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubelikes.com/ci/userfiles/files/fenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/zusajamogeniremuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/wobepevifogatojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/56389107779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojikinedafotemibigefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/46629942629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikakirabuvemagabezugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ij35q7oop1r0orefc4hhhvdn/15829208031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29892423830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12086534781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhhuubinh.com/upload/files/94165814977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevasurewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343916dc6eb---41839743274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/79413406912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/66173015777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76856331709.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_off0000d79c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79C 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 686f3927770abdb926e6226ba0b447e0875bca0623bfd076a7dfe85ccc413dde
font_01_sfnt_off0001051f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051F 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 9b52083f53c36fb1d3781dc8d41cbd1d04cfa88d7209285d94c5e067d35afbf3
font_02_sfnt_off00011e74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1