Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dc6020855c5a84d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:11:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b9b388e4bea3d824f3fe9abc72a134bd SHA-1: 38d981dbf336a661eefc578a831d1f0804bccf63 SHA-256: 9dc6020855c5a84d649f92a47f0af2f5e53b90e56b2c1ae32b93a56d436d3f1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=creative+schools+ken+robinson+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/91570214831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/dewukivoverifikeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/37686520301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albertoangel.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76011489911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/kidezevokaluwevugupidepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allineers.morefriendship.com/upload/files/benaduzex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/40325247706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/tibusuzuwubowilukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-09-12/images/files/rujalizozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/45433863864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abarappresentanze.it/userfiles/files/24382152457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snn2bkhj92thd3g3c12in81fv4/wibamoxemufafuveke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemochem.cn/upload/files/93382773216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/44751379218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/95338518210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5iq1vup7jo6eibh9nt44igmd2/zenomizuxejuxivuxekogate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c29816de4767bbca35880816d1fddc7/japojipavokagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwetivuwuvolitunuwulisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/18597629450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/82141503282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/92848800969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/46475259544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://y3stwk65l-mn9.com/contents/files/97168396410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/74449550617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhagiatxanh.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/lurase.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_off0000e1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E1 19020 bytes
SHA-256: ec92070fee6d62e89f5d845dda3ccaab9cebe6566e1041fc16cf211f7973578b
font_02_sfnt_off00012ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AE0 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 9f6de58869cfe72b4a68b9e2f4bc457981d25c3fa039553c9a3098fe6ef70133