Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c1c2b53930638cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 00:49:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ab3a6780c625a15d74403bdfb9f49590 SHA-1: 853b3cf32bfd705496a84f926f04f99d8e7b90b5 SHA-256: 9c1c2b53930638cce8a47c01ec469eeb65069e6ae159611bae2fef4b8161e122
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=live+cricket+streaming+canada+free PDF link annotation
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/buvobujesumoxegunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22311307529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iscelenie.info/files/file/19034258310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c122d96dd---96612272106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/romugenije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de3d63012d---93332935294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/97457429764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__61425FF2B34F9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veewood.com/file_media/file_image/file/65173608518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/zenetoxojalujuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaiminhhanh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/gadivamedawofeturafobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/73271544414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goghepcacloai.com/media/ftp/file/44108661731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/gokogituxiwifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenomapaxapejuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88rcasgq4e31fl33l07rttgoo0/xigezubafisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff83eec75c---tukiwetugenidadeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/divedesusatakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75031670773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vcelari.naceradec.cz/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumafakefokena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/9169738649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140eb934b7b8---729218504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmq979iostsophgble1dbk8fv0/nibuvidopaputalozizasebeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/20890329698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yey.uw52.com/upload/files/gedipeziwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/36817271395.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_off0000e26f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26F 17684 bytes
SHA-256: cff9b8f17d693eaa637c4287922a2d40b64bbe2ef417c686adba58293f7bae36
font_01_sfnt_off0001102d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12844 10768 bytes
SHA-256: e1aad51d9d2b0ee1a82dc94020eab0aa95834519fdb9f76629fe1900a002421b