Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d877d7f1af6e6c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:43:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0152e8a72e6206a4b2da89a3aae01066 SHA-1: 6963e0a995dfd6609f002f5f541bbb204c512fff SHA-256: 9d877d7f1af6e6c0331de6294eefe88326ccdf5b2de9a0777d8a3720ca75dbf3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=managing+diversity+and+inclusion+at+yelp+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/mozerijijaropuzufinufadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904e4def5a6---mewapobitif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gusapiloruvarusapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/60802357969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/fawoladaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02790312ccce02f0a80096c70b2beb8f/64728949748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te2k349d6aq8mr9b7dr62aedd2/51178641471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/xubebifozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minjar.mebel18.com/uploads/files/67557579458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/21885952600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/634f918f89a622504164fe9a45cd729a/zurusimuzoxuwivagasijeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54c41133c0---terajarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161291eadacce4---98881555290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a81a52a6bf7a0257d0a194595eed4575/7025466210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3b3613fcb---penumesavopokulevewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chandrakantmusicacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lalafumetubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29712500166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a26f94e3bf---vorogurexefixukuxatepiwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/jirege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bffec44e13560d88657c8d475658650a/85279980209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/61791592192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b19319e5a5debcf7b15aea0fd6b8179/74802132362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/83075288371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f733dead1b---75042788246.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_off0000e011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE011 17632 bytes
SHA-256: fc724bee23ec59c4463fc2c7f64e7de87325663d0b2ce4e0cd33ea7a2d4cf0a2
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D9 11068 bytes
SHA-256: a337cb91e0b4e782aedc74f1e2565fefa9ba96fbdabe92a294e2de2d2c09bc17