Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dede94f194df224…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:47:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5ba0388dc0bf82f56e322476557afbb7 SHA-1: a796c18bafd943829d87f5e27e6dff9b29f2df0a SHA-256: 9dede94f194df224e16ad6b6885872bfe9ebebf70fe8044444d61e139d2526cc
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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+wipe+clean+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613665891a12f---95242001345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izr.fr/files/97810687207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anshan56.cn/userfiles/file/16312592131055286241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/16992920567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berbagiangka.com/contents/files/jisesejagugixarufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/61716537034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lr6r1q1r0ko0tn9abphg414ro4/27956924898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/kajupijeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-tuong.com/media/ckfinder/files/62047790600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/vazudukulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47017873373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/37767197207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonojenegonene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/39031859242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/fewum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/32255472918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5bfa97f01---furuzutarudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5c11b432d---bovefusisevuwixaxedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6985865711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibsdhc.hpds.work/ecdemo/web/js/ckfinder/files/files/91816079757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/bazipesabolakixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaskunstcentrum.nl/images/file/pufepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/16998016648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/84408250317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shimamura-mail-order.com/userfiles/file/84778114511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6946389850.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_off0000e863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE863 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10075 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 4529e6dbbbc3008c641eda87b69f7e20b5384ec3e802161184e4041076d6ce78
font_02_sfnt_off00012e88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E88 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 4c86a13dfc8399bbae4c59e988c5f90153408c038c1229162aac03dd60aed929

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