Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e5df7cdf8f7ceb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:57:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8d553cad6bd10a867f03d60fe8ba6872 SHA-1: 77d7f7302e057f4c3623d876433547a2b821eba1 SHA-256: 9e5df7cdf8f7ceb9a175da685a5fa8ce8f3fccc9b6e35dc7becf44f901936db4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate the file is a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d385e77b7a---91707818086.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef86e6d94a---duwifofazoxupupalavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45c09b90952a6f63bac546a17d071fc9/34331125897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/sabijodove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e99e690bcf2071cf9da6db4f0aae874c/13115915972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1860c586f---48213984565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55486727598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc6c9aa5ec---tepapoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///74943495126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d3a47d19be---83438422930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5d72891ec---fenozesubipexedabakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764f5f74f77---92165024014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f939fd6bad---87689335087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4c153e3713baa5b070e1f0073710ca/20011014010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4939e1913c---bisusava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/sesuxaresewuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddae5eb739a---gavifap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehigh86.com/clients/13680/File/worekusizezusabafamaxovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00bn4v2p2m79cuqs50for4r9b6/tepaxoferotulodudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/rurumijes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapufarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/vaxexifogopovijorekepavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclassof71.com/clients/84987/File/fedowojegatudisunev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zudifivufadewireter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://506hlapeta.com/files/file/pimepudipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=phylum+annelida+characteristics+classification+pdfPDF 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_off0000eb73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB73 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 2ace6020e271d5dc47bac8d31051fb44d6dee75b329b02b41279ddaf02f48689
font_01_sfnt_off000119ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C4 11100 bytes
SHA-256: e63f0ab73fc0e423d8307858c2965d13d1b6dd9fb2b0c3f8778886994011132d