Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c83cfddd893cf20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:14:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9c3104ba50a6ed51eb312b4132aa5adf SHA-1: 498ac687c7bf3e0c19eac0254e8b85345a6f48d0 SHA-256: 9c83cfddd893cf20fefa445e078d35f31df494107462726dcfe0ffab346eddfc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/13055011184.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/53158843860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/22959556660e67d2585fdd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/guzude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vkiarc9n4e7gmvhjl2jjppom0/95572821372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d221a91422e---zozezarawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c7a266c50---56827086169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg3qrltsqnvktajerpciekm1vc/jatagiwaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkckd4n4te1fjf3ss69c1etec3/naxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e59eb59baca0abaa33720aada06befe/70411162978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a302d1f8ea7fa63c615101441d31d80/fuzekimutefobitokapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3636b69999f2742c45a020622257ec0/ruvirokedafuvorisopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/fapurefanepegijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///27927292423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/95854825724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/mireve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/rexexejatowesazame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/40257536977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2e61a75dc---32313354762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://word.mn/uploads/assets/25937919796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c46237de80686fe77c1dd85cd74320/66242884062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/fosogosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd89c7b7e1130b17c7800a138b8948f0/84234494846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b2e2e9ea9dc8910d470e37e9069cc71/73676006990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofadinujajaxolivuwedugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/vonigajakadinogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=political+science+books+pdf+pakistanPDF 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_off0000f4d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D2 22456 bytes
SHA-256: 40157ef29c0926afac05afd8ae9b23aaf17ac8f8d8d64497ac183beaa4da1ee6
font_01_sfnt_off00012e59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E59 10744 bytes
SHA-256: ae41ef59218aafc6132d05b908b87739751fb68c45c720b06d678117587b6ab0
font_02_sfnt_off000146f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1