Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e097aa30fbaae69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 18:58:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 0867cb940b049bc234a5854d952b8382 SHA-1: fc461cbd3bb5f8d75ba52f1d7c46ff4b979acea2 SHA-256: 9e097aa30fbaae69dc528645542c47e0694104d7d94ea6990bdc3d26257cbf6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs that form a link farm, pointing to various disposable hosting domains. The heuristics indicate that these links are likely used to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=otome+games+obey+me PDF link annotation
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/88377310644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duquenne-moteurs.fr/webroot/upload/files/45160129424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450a68614c8---dodakibolesuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/30851181992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/tupibibiwezazawifomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/56689401188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/59675711381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vozilasavozacem.rs/files/92464722377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saikekanglun.com/filespath/files/20210910075902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historico.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85557883026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/tukimabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pidijalepuwivosawaxokiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-food.com/userfiles/file/74514138904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368a5f41894---mexonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0906/48e8d023c2417353b81ab14dd9280965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cbkfr7gequu0ji832bbd21a05/74534599535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d538db9bc8---migadovofubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/96187037891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/98565011652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resicolor.com/upload/files/25628370477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflchw.com/upload/file/varugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagyberki.hu/sites/default/files/fck_uploads/file/kodidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludeteg.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_off0000b206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB206 10388 bytes
SHA-256: a7470d33665e50071537bce10d8a89da0df8a5e78012909d5ef5e820938d49ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9AD 16024 bytes
SHA-256: 1dbb4374533374194d86e7fc6b3caae16ff1f3f5db135abc92deeea6113c0afb
font_02_sfnt_off0000f246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF246 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1