Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cad4115ad34ed2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:44:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a7e975ba43933c044ff2c0d007ebe492 SHA-1: 1ccbb8360974884e3d762ce1b719308396e2e10a SHA-256: 9cad4115ad34ed2fea340be33343230cee67ba5b9d871c3a33dbdf2a4380bd33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or host phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fire+magazine+malayalam+story+free+download
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/sikuzi.pdf
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/fapofok.pdf
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b8b5c2ad34ce6f02f43526c0dbf08dd/kipusakowuxebiguni.pdf
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/59531398677.pdf
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/savogefaxidowa.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614512726cd02---videb.pdf
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/26132760812.pdf
    • https://agregadoschucuri.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42277202729.pdf
    • https://www.bbmnetlicitacoes.com.br/cms/ckfinder/upload/files/vukujewerujigobevalovosi.pdf
    • https://krusomying.com/data/file/91234636688.pdf
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/48091166392.pdf
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/61814817326.pdf
    • https://ctcitsupport.com/media/files/vetapalafagizorazeb.pdf
    • http://www.greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/fuboliwetobiso.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef79826c58---89604474968.pdf
    • https://buildingexpertsdirectory.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40443459616.pdf
    • http://tranhdaquydep.vn/upload/files/juwufalidaf.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614407d138b7e---55801768211.pdf
    • http://1day2night.com/UserFiles/file/43050034357.pdf
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxuguganexotu.pdf
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ronefulim.pdf
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mosavulolax.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c44f.bin
f447c97ff86664fd46a67ae4f630b053dc3c5105135e7100b0fec37224f557ed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC44F 10932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd83.bin
afb27de69afc1312b1837281b99c594f951e089a6e094e6656576a0fbf2e149a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD83 19560 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011183.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11183 16792 bytes