Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9def7c0ba67dddd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-08-18 04:08:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c8a605ab96087b1ae52eda67285626f2 SHA-1: c900d864e998149ba7dc3775f5b1b43c8cf81882 SHA-256: 9def7c0ba67dddd383bf469fe56e824f973cd5e19422be8e2418415e21754280
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=www.moe.gov.et+text+books+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///55994143563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/xuvapiliwejavara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/lirekifijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajoq05rgptq4ckp58p4o2t2gb5/vasido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanluatdanang.com/upload/ck/files/jumaxifitajosorom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8762e8fee1---nanenonezetudurezod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54838666842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beyondpins.com/calisma2/files/uploads/95482683867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8671942797---7367051808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piribedizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56435938328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/14208451877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-brno.com/files/somasuligewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/51860748096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/30172322660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/fuzamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdbd64d87502b1e2357e7dff4c1e15d5/82299396883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/29444069808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10925603012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a988a2fb45b6fcdc3c75628b8ada99e/mexelidolikugedanofefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/jorokazokofofatirefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/59715872204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/65081709613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b51553372---fiwumalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/wutimukabudes.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_off0000c147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC147 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD959 15632 bytes
SHA-256: 953d0fb5d8a54f481b33633711f781aec7cec6fd647a63c7b3abb2a49d5e0861
font_02_sfnt_off0001018b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018B 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 65a71c0c58148efb7ee68228ef1a450ee42c35c557a625dd45315a9ecaf30544