Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dcc15c6336028a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-10-01 07:06:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 20b034622eca3a76f6760a654be2828d SHA-1: e0047846302afa1c811ff95013728d1871e5d14f SHA-256: 9dcc15c6336028a0e15aae615acc81bcbab7188679ac765a5e3ba3a5cebd5c8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, strongly suggests malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate this, indicating the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or lead users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to download and execute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+on+iphone+to+chromecast
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d353e079b---godevuvumijovojum.pdf
    • https://eijo.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28508785823.pdf
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/keteloxovefiwanisafej.pdf
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/17952680280.pdf
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/21895015703.pdf
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/47839252544.pdf
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/muxen.pdf
    • http://yao-cheng.com/uploadfiles/20210920194859.pdf
    • http://abwhopewell.com/uploads/files/wipemegedototef.pdf
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96362026092.pdf
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/tesenagopalatajodu.pdf
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/33926777435.pdf
    • http://fthyhs.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-09-12/2c695b4a9d35c747fcd0eb9e63b52747.pdf
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/nalujoxe.pdf
    • https://bodzlomu.com/userfiles/file/35617421072.pdf
    • https://remini.hu/userfiles/file/73325726491.pdf
    • https://www.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumunezeg.pdf
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d36ca2188266595d756b7e306f853b2c/60469894332.pdf
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/lugadegegu.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ce0a6ae2406bbd1ad999cedd70d422/rapeburuvajabuge.pdf
    • http://dymenahealthcare.com/upload/fckeditor/file/48690393396.pdf
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/342062599.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ad31.bin
d31da6dd864659f72a5bc6ef0f62c5ceb00a689ebbee1eccf0466953e57fad95
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD31 10624 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c55e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC55E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000dd70.bin
d92478cd7797e8003854657341ed0097dfc5ad33fbe8c4cabfec7ebc6da570c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD70 15996 bytes