Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d5035d31de94c61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:18:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0d14ee68db26ea4b3f2695366affe570 SHA-1: 81ada2b25967604781544ee4557bb20b40bb44ab SHA-256: 9d5035d31de94c6190e1a284820f719c11f0e53ec4cd5e71e47c486da98f763a
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=trade+reference+definition PDF link annotation
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/15015835717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126ea5fedfc7---xovijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/36636152914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/bisupedanavojisuzabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuasathcm.com/uploads/files/17876604055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santehnika34.ru/images/file/86544360354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/62018456593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be62b08e5bf---27212886653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/16961819754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab71d6a9bc2---raniwofosanin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brava-ekb.ru/userfiles/file/pifewejuseragun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/85450484434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaeb008f0279e14cf7a9520eceb28591/69203454934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d35e75e9874---79450258761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade4c59b242---19712445827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/62769907980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c21a4e91---26421616363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujaxifekiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/13385200321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/770045179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/70298301495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/34425495187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6abbf3bc0---83096892393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///poxuvidok.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_off0000d854.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD854 18320 bytes
SHA-256: 90bc22cf206bd1faf20e392535645eef30b222a1e13f0b154d1a07e712b51388
font_01_sfnt_off000107b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B3 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 9dd324b1e28fda6bcec07368b5976ff6e04d639cffd981e523d359de808cea68
font_02_sfnt_off00011eb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1