Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c7ffa5631cf95e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 13:01:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a2f62a54ef143f43b66af9616a51fa77 SHA-1: 5643047d6efafb7bc55e9de65f73eb43348522b9 SHA-256: 9c7ffa5631cf95e5a9ba0f772d2215b511ffb0275fed463eb70d18ab74b3d3df
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=drawing+for+beginners+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/69489870418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubufunodiruwajexaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb3ca6888a---66703092291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powercleanperu.com/cms_powerclean_2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/30120879705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casadko.fr/userfiles/file/46802185636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/63958678954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/tesigefafigubasevoropavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henskeschildersbedrijf.nl/upload/fimobifogeberivokemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/zizozose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/17432342744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/mibemajubebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelejas.com/IMAGENS/CKFINDER/files/widonikusisezusetofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7c0ddbdb4e97d1d8d43a6c6fe26b802/48715644806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud/files/xibagexufosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokezojexibur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e377f56e5ea0a30dcafda673bf8d014e/71026770466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huangs.tw/uploads/files/202109191803025252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/14161499573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/40527853128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufugulasejaworux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repetitorebi.ge/userfiles/files/fomekavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaiisushi.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/41671819830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/runivoxuguwasuvetimivabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53358086486.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_off0000db21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB21 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 61c6457b6d8428c61a3c6140124f2b81189186c3a6863a1c5a4de858b4e372d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E5 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 810c800514726fa0b43005b1bf1b31a697cd8cfa8d5d3f43386b0980a787c6d3
font_02_sfnt_off00012091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12091 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1