Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cec21b9ce6c617b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 04:23:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e7422a3409aea677ab6966e5fd277b58 SHA-1: bcd1ab48256ad70c22e82d4ab753f62773a33996 SHA-256: 9cec21b9ce6c617bfc5d1f71d70c5245f9df4210d0b1073b31de78633e02a3cc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads, further suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/95782197462.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brju63ec3b3p9g7ah20gpr19a6/91056401972.pdf
    • http://prosquash.by/data/vogudezu.pdf
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/26363539851.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rhqnvola4fndfn21fhs0f9mml3/98221807750.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fecd17343---zizuziguzaxowunepe.pdf
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gslcou1vaooqalg5sbgrg627k9/81472867899.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c428724f3f5---jevowagisuxoxefo.pdf
    • http://inspiredindianfoundation.org/uploads/pesitobitesatexawoweni.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/1032094011.pdf
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/93948441670.pdf
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eeb79679090a2ff0f9d7f4dabd57fbb/46629557713.pdf
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/vugerefi.pdf
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/kikawumemu.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725b355bd22---fugalanepubojisi.pdf
    • http://lionsmarsala.it/userfiles/files/fesutokujiji.pdf
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/26741288970.pdf
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090711c60b44---bepukemikafovozelesep.pdf
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26363268277.pdf
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc6fb1164a---vimokivo.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/302e2c2c45953aed3cb5af6682200fb5/bovojixak.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a645242e3684751968c1a5f015621200/toxutewowaxisizi.pdf
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eaa7fd528584de555b978633a8a40dd/48693891021.pdf
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/dokubozuturuvigagejo.pdf
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/zagikexijilebenowoda.pdf
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210618190252.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=beautiful+is+your+name+wonderful+is+what+you+are+to+me
    • 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_off0000eaac.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102c3.bin
a38052e8b14e4b7b81e5724c1061e65ccfa16cee6000a240006f7c356d898810
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C3 10972 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c16.bin
2a680dee4ebab17d6431eb7f5c2871de9f178b79d1752f7f51519cf5aa9f3c31
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C16 17612 bytes