Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e7822a50a8b594b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-20 04:22:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 994ed9fffb498885157708ecdd08d5f8 SHA-1: d02bc04a316646224cd3309e939f36c55ec3f7ac SHA-256: 9e7822a50a8b594b1e59deaa05ad0ba6ac46047edbd49c9ca8f6fb6071416220
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+obagi+blue+radiance+peel PDF link annotation
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vi34oeduprovh7hd2fhp94j3l/sejenibukimevexamixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/27601695130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80bb8ea23e77282fdd8242d53eb9752a/vesowavepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f79df9213005e71fcddcb1981365cc3a/72601769506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/wipefewebomemebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virker-ikke.dk/files/24141676518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///26683470321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df38ad4ffcaef96c92bdeb619c220aac/70063595609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d01e95debf---78956662743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanosoft.mn/images/content/File/65099184588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/42299523260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/19893988886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtwohndesign.ch/userfiles/files/77709698800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubelikes.com/ci/userfiles/files/22576476066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087816e59cd4---kixuwezepapaveboveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/zeregujasikefowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0v60q2h36bcc78ogti3iirg53/9777835056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb67271cf1---99228525968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ng6d6dptou47nb01isge84sd1f/67841762030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b52f761cc38---14536366466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161122fe5555cd---3466259135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85569825291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bfifl1pj6ab7cbs3947op65t4/93022130752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejivifodafom.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_off0000e267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE267 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 5ecb99c370b267e8502991e489599573cf120675824249a982c2ecbb65f49459
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE4 11024 bytes
SHA-256: c919a8d1097d370033add6d6db8821ec6af0af2774735f3fe451f44ff9b199e2
font_02_sfnt_off00012811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12811 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1