Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9db4c94c8221f763…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-14 07:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b171acaf1b1b9bc32d5df84cd8d9421d SHA-1: c658ffa900aa48d87c409855ad3e45f622bbcd04 SHA-256: 9db4c94c8221f763cb9963020c0d4fcba051fe6421bade3caa9c52342c7ba0ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=como+quitar+manchas+de+tinta+en+ropa+negra PDF link annotation
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/texijukinasupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/58896450503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/25722453748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/86096299467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d3297b22effb1a100908d37d7bf0662/50464285770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107dc9b930dc---40671758955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770e9772121---34035336717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/jevabevivagofilibarejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ea7c9511b79c40e7f2e8d80ab0a448/86009603709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0351dad03---zagifuxisaxujomozafofekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/mezakesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/piligogifomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/86852966870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c83b1728035be41523fb27eefd00038e/juzinetuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a0cd0f35549b1167c9d18f908ae70bd/gumukuvilipaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/41935490864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfa68bafbf---ruzonidobomivawokavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/82035543739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/fisazeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/waforajonefezigaduniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5fd4c4491---58459013504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/desirupiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de5d47cd54---wonol.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_off0000ee33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE33 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 683a5bc143088ddf3cb3eb65cdc8ce7d8cbc940db08e9961f05f71a5b7273dfb
font_01_sfnt_off000107b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B7 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 43da76f2ee8a8b510e309b029ab809670bc693a28a294b1bf13fd42f5467874b
font_02_sfnt_off000134ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1