Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ca5ec1898b95f83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 03:18:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 60b898e81def400e853c81321c78633b SHA-1: 022baf7be41545ca994f5dd01e5ebf994415ccc3 SHA-256: 9ca5ec1898b95f83a5b705d8cf2977cd187ce950589c3c53b3a54008b206fddd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, which are numerous and varied, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly supports the attack pattern of luring users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prime+video+apk+android+tv+box PDF link annotation
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15575675034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariautonoleggiomarsala.it/userfiles/files/jusufogididegelewifes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613812ffd601d---28339358162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/40623128463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71702353867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f0212ccda---joxasodewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog/file/jijolukidojobekobivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/80695326491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sov.tranovice.org/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ponokozonenitadujasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/lufavafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filipdegreef.be/uploads/files/mibatuxomixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613116e61e24f---selurilinofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f18660e4fa---93930881928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/26023827014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/9129264018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mppoa.cloudlinesystems.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62127266235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/sowonakojozuxomatelegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamwn.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/libelutexanawam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/81087931273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcss.hu/korosi/userfiles/file/18956457819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39n8utbc0rf7p39jd05pvfl32/6056192566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/4443848793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenskafik.se/uploads/fckeditor/file/28198297673.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_off0000c3f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC08 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 7fc043ae678043d8dbb524da15d4412402b0f4579555a2709529b9d2a3301022
font_02_sfnt_off0000f470.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF470 19788 bytes
SHA-256: 253d9aabeef26b534500bc4064baba1094a818f0b8d47e322e9b68058aaa0212