Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e8938684957a2d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 15:14:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7fdffb5009cb9f4caa214f7f1003c87e SHA-1: aad4e65bce538208babc2f97d21462aba8699980 SHA-256: 9e8938684957a2d8613a0d1b730bd091b58c3518a4c7ede038030de224360c48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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=eigenvalues+and+eigenvectors+in+pca PDF link annotation
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276a9682e3231ab6c622b5d46b72c14a/54964144142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0daafe06f45cff3d6133539ca24e4c35/dabimazesarekoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609852b9b7add---86464351698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/xemaket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85f5173c9b---lusivopigazuloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p8v7jcs232nr1plhjrpp7uvb5r/83421966798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834b4d8fc97---sonudanobalitopedetuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ca2fa7d4a---95138474062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/pezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3f1a6b3ff7f6d91e9d70e55fdedfb81/benosakokejoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacviettech.vn/userfiles/file/94210853232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khochailo.com/upload/ck/files/lefowonusituwaxivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ee57ddf89f94d5949710c928199e9f/68950258687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majubesar.com/contents//files/wufojuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741531bde7a---71042443353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861c4ba7883---lijepukadekadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a5cfe740c---kimenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819d42d4764---54952297602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ecd2d6f409ae71e9c5baa00a57292a0/56818498060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/goxisivugave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belovavoputuxoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2962tuhcvfbvp0f54pueglccj4/subizupevapodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/527e39e2faba3aa02e794416c4504f62/16213740310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d88965be8a---40832245133.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_off0000e876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE876 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 8916ec3300a5c5e9b87d3cbd6f1b7bb386b2a701e19c9f6396ac7b09f29459b6
font_01_sfnt_off00010169.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10169 18048 bytes
SHA-256: e07aa8641b0aeeff2cfacf859f3985ec7c7d6c90e884d05b20b33d6a1ebbafad
font_02_sfnt_off00013191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13191 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1