Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d3d03759aba66a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-08-19 06:53:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: de5fd725a5e14df7acad93f1f6bbd227 SHA-1: 8d88a45ff2da1f222c5c744883943ea464a2586c SHA-256: 9d3d03759aba66a5146e0aca2df16bd92b53c79417907e0d8472a29adbae45f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/ruloditamidowakevodap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://frickcontrols.com/uploads/files/77050824694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/53509101517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5e832c869d---72656836065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb79cb6929---vumeterowisuvuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np2jgnr7u958sdopmcauso7omj/bazifuvire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609247eea8a37---70596592796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56e1bbe3e925a8ce2178a8cb154b864e/fojewokuwapabimokezegis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7c7b338ec74e27386697a0227e134e1/gemopepunuzogikikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/863a5db979e7f2e1d25d51a858c63374/33080986940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/74350178896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/293320697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/nejukogijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/pozubirurujaletuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23149728261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b076ad291b82233de95bf18e403d79d8/tizemamugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828cc4b294e---dumulujani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609030a99183f---ranunizerasoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclambanhang247.com/upload/files/kixidosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perseverance.cyou/updatefiles/file/lowenasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62030b5b99---dadokubimozinoxewekizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a6d9e8d68---puvoxoviboguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/66759655239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/44858063761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/22826454176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=separation+of+plant+pigments+by+paper+chromatography+lab+report+discussionPDF 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_off0000c8b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B3 11496 bytes
SHA-256: e76d69ef4e9871f83120d350a83574fc86b1876834f952736ca93e275df8ea61
font_01_sfnt_off0000e34d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34D 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 3afa753b2db0a35cfa88a359a519f86c0914ab5cc71e1a5f9cb89faa02a2e567
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1