Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d2c4fd0298c0f35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:11:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6f1d84c1539080b07fb3382af7081c96 SHA-1: 010708b173b3c97705c4c27565839e49ab871a16 SHA-256: 9d2c4fd0298c0f35872dc777b581fca19540b14b80809f2a6f498d3b039f5c55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/rosonavevow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/dixetipaxegizejepivemiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/wetikaruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukguwang.com/files/fckeditor/file/56836553636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesifveotesi.com/files/81701995127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/97508407886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b083a9a0688---61220906974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carnesvarejo.com.br/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/17411714901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/rorure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9305896228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4c97ac885a---96049582409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjcrgf6smm13m2t1s63eo6lrdb/32200708787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/pitigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/fibitokuwefago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c22bb82fde178f1e9bc606696df258f/lilekuwelirumom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a788d248659---natejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bffis27j2j9thkt7646379oa05/wuzedik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed5b0ead0807d16b2723951f1cecd59/rizukanafapik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/37340297144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/69778513966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/rufasiruwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19c1c95ab4---timexelite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/78927769045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktfr06mtihrju29epf1sjb8kkh/85755063981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbdd245c49---gojadobozapeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=educational+quotes+for+students+motivation+pdfPDF 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_off0000eddc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F3 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 4636170458aaa063b4fa01402ece259b63a5d38567cf0ae54245b761f979cd36
font_02_sfnt_off00011f8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F8C 19316 bytes
SHA-256: cf582d6f08494850c56b847b9910dbb1b1469faaec361cd7b2a6e912123e01fb