Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e4802a11a3cef33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 03:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 93800f18dd4bcb5b11ea4d3b7b6a2509 SHA-1: e093951010a9ad09c543cbe02031c99f2219a16e SHA-256: 9e4802a11a3cef33786df231590c7f00fddbf178c17702fa8861d9a71a367cb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/movomofilamixo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210901095107_1964639482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3d6638680---neletemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139da4d0aa4b---25268417060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86591d04787e32797682e3ff47bb7555/gimisudimowebiziduraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/67048707537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/kixidogijozoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzpony.de/obrazki/file/togiwiwisopudilazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137efe9cff90---sugikovidojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.com/userfiles/files/toredegutisoxeluveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/792465860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/tapoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f73a345faa---zugidibubokibosopenidadur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwornawodzie.pl/userfiles/file/30672705667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebirusoxoxeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7f6f63bff---27210693734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/kapadumonebepojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiajihlava.cz/UserFiles/File/25449392752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orikon.net/Images_upload/files/pusamikajerarapakikefobet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://automatisme-portail-bordazzi.fr/userfiles/fichiers/77001220452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balade-pierry.fr/userfiles/file/88157419910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xindeshiye.com/uploadfile/file///2021090709192169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubilex.com/userfiles/files/83016752787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsfly.com/uploads/files/gekadowulolisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikivixigosipenenaxoraguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=digital+wellbeing+parental+controlsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94C 10776 bytes
SHA-256: c633b39d858f6afc8b5afde52b7c4186100a0e563498eec8666b8312f0e4d317
font_01_sfnt_off0000f212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF212 16768 bytes
SHA-256: 0105b7e8b2f491d45e82dd2b1e501e201e6ebf8c9d4c461df97e19eb8de25394
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1