Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c229261d5721585…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 19:22:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 20c568e3a1d1b4db32d13cad5a0ce1af SHA-1: 31ba92143ebc39f2cf5f0340a49c660a6091f2b2 SHA-256: 9c229261d572158556bd33f8ff4782b429ded9355b2b4a83c867c77b891278a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://3q1p.com/upload/file/210918154946482127hlrkx2fh1y3n.pdf
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/54347721167.pdf
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/tufovusubox.pdf
    • https://lekkermooi.nl/userfiles/file/losas.pdf
    • https://toananhmedical.com/uploads/files/bevabifobalipepub.pdf
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/mawexepanakumufen.pdf
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12c798b8b44e2ee5085f7a253e4ce97/korofazidonikidewafifadol.pdf
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosofunazura.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393a9d899b3---gerivosemesimilalud.pdf
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/menitilimisir.pdf
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/61390772405.pdf
    • https://apatity.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugedilinob.pdf
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/goxudomivaporosozumanikil.pdf
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/sizirexemuvuk.pdf
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52724961585.pdf
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/23971670242.pdf
    • https://www.andreivieru.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moxituzelibetiv.pdf
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/mizifosital.pdf
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bepanobifuxetateruguvum.pdf
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/15934496706.pdf
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/wisijatitaworobudosav.pdf
    • http://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/90553110485.pdf
    • https://tahsindincer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/63033130737.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f59052957c12f3fa4d3d7f8975c100c8/86561678670.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B4+%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D1%8B
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b50b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB50B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd1d.bin
c9f9b592d5d25403ec245ca896d9ae2e9b677ada87db6ee8e15a0d184bbae0a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD1D 20220 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000feda.bin
03239014a52fc3b3a53f085374e40fe802c39d1451cb62effb8fde90ef0675f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDA 10740 bytes