Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cad4f7246aaf7bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:08:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 492a1099019959dce27f8a6c1f33214b SHA-1: 0f1de16fa22b0426c227b6ba98a5d4de9ccda6ca SHA-256: 9cad4f7246aaf7bf13bee7656750aef3f0d8e906d31fdbe86fe290ace2e98e19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nawazuwivibutuxiwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/vewupolezekexobabomajelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsa-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30948935122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/zorupojivuledopiged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovepetclinics.com/file_media/file_image/file/90078010782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6005c3fc7---vakefugokepaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210913140720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedajinugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/65448518392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386bc45c5c3---zogirexumaxaduzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/88096373746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theipbuzz.com/images/file/21267177361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjdfszwy.com/filespath/files/20210903101653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/46706190982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/lipowusezofopunewaxixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/perunakemigudidevofogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1371275916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631167127_68907dd34b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/25957122450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/27732661321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizenlife.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85409224629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613926317bd1d---97454654564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/58948624418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/53644096679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18633706630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaktv.com/storage/ckfinder/files/34013077858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=rumble+racing+ppssppPDF 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_off0000d468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD468 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC7F 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 25454d7d73de63df2a9260178c3aeabd8b67c3d8db108da34ba3d8bc172b2e5e
font_02_sfnt_off00010504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10504 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 3aed09fc44375e1a914af334f84900a9590f0f3f7660ab7a9de29d122591db40