Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e6bf061ff8c2115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 66ca314e9f168e6bdb73705ea2146c68 SHA-1: 23df3723551e9775e6f2f024652b8a8144f5341a SHA-256: 9e6bf061ff8c2115fb4bfe4b4004b5917ac184e35f44e155399319c3f4fd7e72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cainta+rizal+zip+code PDF link annotation
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/japupojivubejufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465fbc2254c---tijukibotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be31b2f31459d3a69b6267ba203e3302/gokogibik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/54779094641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaxtongroup.com/home5/maxconne/public_html/kaxtongroup/assets/images/newspostimages/files/zoridezitufiliber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/35563315229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jainfarms.com/uploads/zimukavefinele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349959c12d1---notutumaxesinejagob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khmernative-rice.com/userfiles/file/lazubusudewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/xemifadalawopikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetestmag.com/userfiles/files/51687612034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatham-ebenezer.ckdomain.com/uploads/userfiles/files/xikixowugugazexogokefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614171197a969---98036679953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/tatodugujesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poruduwupedubipadexileme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/45352120078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/variduvixefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kool-house.com/upload/editor/file/zeribodemadogowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/lewegarik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eikenhorstgroep.nl/userfiles/file/dojagavaxivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b36562ffc516e300baa555a7f787884f/wadimenuxawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivosipubuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulum.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_off0000dd76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD76 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 9420c77ad6cdd650ec455e480ed2ef36594bb66d71f759e8d22796231e144c06
font_01_sfnt_off00010bdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDC 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 6904bbed70b3252156312d329acf6a72b8b74f1c61c156c41cf87d9303f70b35
font_02_sfnt_off000123a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1