Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c4683638fe4e9a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:47:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 36ae9a8e2deef55160d988eb15d731a4 SHA-1: a0a00293a66ef98b595ba069f0d66dddb23f50fc SHA-256: 9c4683638fe4e9a2957878c76d0889efdbce10b40668762c0cd8f91053554f0a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://rimi.sk/userfiles/file/31798542401.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/files/file/bisuwolutubumutagerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad37cec13e7c611ee6cdbd5295e3e0d3/sogerotarizosabomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70917290644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisixupupodurakolusilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/files/kogus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64292872839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/82412267566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printific.com/images/contentimages/files/41115811704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613baf7916a33---23521448911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fc87b3524f22644f17e184a9487d24/90180622799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofafuwepogijat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87127696536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78405990815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/72160935682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jezirka-biobazeny.cz/UserFiles/File/gusidufakirorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/lasakagezodolanegabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agpbmdtf.xn--p1ai/upload/file/gaweteralufobidasugexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hide-bo.com/img/tmp/file/2780845385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/lotaxixozeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/82452398722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/86056175095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/72017003611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juburunalefokisunijuxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/mepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08dd2cf005313dd48c2f857139a6996/25010287476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/17877845122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=apk+youtube+downloader+androidPDF 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_off0000b460.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB460 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC77 10732 bytes
SHA-256: bb9b06f8a4b7bc8bce93d2adf4ffb92a6a7d8f31323ca100ead10f7ec1b9e75a
font_02_sfnt_off0000e512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE512 14552 bytes
SHA-256: 660ac75e52dd049e2b420e5530f3aa49b86bebc5955d683b6ed0e3c1e3d526b8