Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e6bdc4079da6da9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-08-02 02:36:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8725ad0308fb4a846a14d3c1f4467b11 SHA-1: da90a487209fd3f3139946402b91fcdd34d92a69 SHA-256: 9e6bdc4079da6da9d388323b32cf8e100288b28ff373c482eff860d661c17cf6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript stream and the presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggest it is used to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The sample's structure and link farm characteristics align with common phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=johnson+25+hp+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/koride.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/xoletajobakuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f69c4fafc8c0652d358e6c6021e1795/1189377231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609655d144d93---pikesodeduzinog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47536967887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb015067937e517f0b8e0a2e16e9ac8b/tuvagudejevemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc41f85592f---pizanipiduzux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac46491a2cf---67713736587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7b6f883c0---nesekobanovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/69823691500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/48283477590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69e53b16d80a839c0612a28913ae66c9/bixunomeloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942c537edac---98761345735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/vunegenarolisatalirotagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dec73d0876a055819f72a22f238cc04/69148955486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/gakodufasopobejeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/37061995138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mkkdne357njjn9dhfhvu64b9p/28830574424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3a67888f5---17696745993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77895618523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/14259509815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/90677544759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af90fa9b151---razozuretita.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://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_off0000c6e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000def7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF7 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 468fc112951c516e1a89f8b7572113046aa88f91374f150078d97ab90daf55b6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f754.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF754 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 07e77f23ca9a91045622b4f41ef9baff362734bef0440ce9e5c7947e3124570c