Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c9d1d94554ea424…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:07:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 04a124e7a41a2419b89d39f2b5b4fde5 SHA-1: 77533f355f74a6e0e7c539a5e415545471d0d901 SHA-256: 9c9d1d94554ea424eeef5f200e93969223518313b20d2e7a7551891503f630db
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-based content, typical of a screenshot designed to hide clickable links. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a campaign to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://poledance-chrudim.cz/files/file/kafipizenivi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/63872424794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matratva.in/userfiles/file/77310462874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/21504077322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://word.mn/uploads/assets/58152044009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icbiz.ru/userfiles/file/55664026674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolekkoyum.com/admin/UserFiles/file/bowivovukosojozubofuwuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naloxitowalidibajulexuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/934452c3a31d5c6996d4310932444bd2/badizugisusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/gamupabisesenepuwudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palakkadtourism.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7788280426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cavusofis.com/images_upload/files/68815265038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigejejuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pr-dienst.ch/file/gofipopimewuwozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a22e50af06---sotepoxudufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/xavisugapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/70283264341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/66720509641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avon-bratislava.com/files/files/9649602415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ce6707433---40003489554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamisetipesujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/manunosiropipuvojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbeach.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/siruxoborexofejifijopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads/files/202109021342125631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f501f851e1fd7eec16d19a3000543fec/83126509315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=download+new+fonts+for+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_off0000aff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c80c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC80C 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 91841e84c123c123d384a3db28e6aa3aa2573f9a3e138c246e662f93d22cc0c5
font_02_sfnt_off0000dfdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFDB 14060 bytes
SHA-256: 3f4becd148fb9789e86b62b077bc8d3ff1be0439727f850c9445f066a9298202