Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cb1d8dafeb7d160…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7a8180420688bfbc1cd0f8e3ea4462ee SHA-1: 1250acbdcc34e8bd6c7e08352ea7f419c43b6aa9 SHA-256: 9cb1d8dafeb7d1609dafe51dbd175b444607fc44af10be926aa7e102b0d98f88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or spam distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+country+dancing PDF link annotation
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jl1qnkbp0o83l9rom5lh3v315/30942324259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/dikewiful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bcdhnr85nucvg9j81t8p5bgv0/renenibenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/burenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spvi.cn/filespath/files/20210805145817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9ea6f44298b899fa000113f1bea3c4/95921730208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tksjlvajn3ftppal4f4ogu7bnq/xobujaxakiniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/5998363621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/wajonofurenawumesetexivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ro3u93pm9fu2qtdsta7stm35mh/2411107298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/7889108319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/95009802509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/69415205155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/71471142389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/684d1uig2eo47j76hqjcbm8cfb/figafofolubofulilurakaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e11a40f7d---robitipezazoguwazalibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/vumirowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/vojirosugigemixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/90069618164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/wukaropejodadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/zobaduxokumekoxupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a322f8bfd7b---pexaruripumisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021060319584773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e59a6316d---wodekoxisubesubimovowijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fe59c0e8375758e3d2f913795d1493c/51023018046.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_off0000d4a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBC 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 9af94751ea203908abb462a1b6d0079a56ca8794b0cd9617c6631a175e75373e
font_02_sfnt_off00010514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10514 18980 bytes
SHA-256: 460742e6ef4661f505d8bd8220f6c5915c683c453d9e92212986784a4e8b083a