Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d4edce6ed50cba3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-07-28 04:57:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7629a6d5135c66e8358d05fc1803b15d SHA-1: 318943ee2ddb9e7c117600f8d93761d66c2b2beb SHA-256: 9d4edce6ed50cba32bfc846fe165d79e88332ee89b0f28983af22d4f7213dddc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b7715343764908bff241ab6eb3f6110/64704216407.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/82444772693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.it/public/file/fonovanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/natibazole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f6cb69b32---revobureniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/90680168323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/76431823372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkuh83k4g76k8f56f64mg4q7e3/monazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/jojopowijalitesido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12b8upfroohff462qfcbgnnou4/11229375547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rumputhijau.com/contents//files/wegeviruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegokijitafosomoxufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j12o774vdb4njuvhb3str8n4r9/61115411496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774ed0885cd---68997011497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/41464899218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608438db60c77---nipazifunokajanogomado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/41834681131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090289f2a18b---55669181899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/57144944831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff544bmm48lrb22hahmdrv3oe7/fojijekekerunekarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ece20b3ef1---tigitenagulora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/3517036658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/77038463640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dintek.eu/uploads/file/zovetusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9m1bntsmvk5h6tg2mer2sfb656/saxezititolegidugegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=balancing+equations+worksheet+2PDF 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_off0000ca64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA64 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 2f2fb956dc5327c7803417d0162884944d2a8dfe71b3b87907a430cfd51d9d63
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C0 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 1787b342807b60705f03a4b5ceceab519c4a891ef3697212b2698609715e65cf
font_02_sfnt_off0001107b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1107B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1