Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e96ec70fd603a29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:47:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1d3c937157f9202e511638456835b10f SHA-1: dc04ef159c3035edb2fddd5986da6dd9d4c16ae8 SHA-256: 9e96ec70fd603a29d6dcee0c3e9b1833fc299f9bb83884fe646e08d2540f585e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple URLs hosted on potentially compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1ddc4b4029---kuxujuwitinagil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/vonigepumoruginakogup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/fifudatelekobovuboji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/30649861308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/face74ecb3393a3b4f9764b80c5e0390/bejutivoxukesivubowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210717_3291876D0B7D24AB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f04f1e68ac---38117479459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136de0a3b87c---46491686568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/juvikozifomunazerofedetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votava2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasunimofijakarajadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/99927622196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0f7153da6---dubinijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efe6b3d0d0---25785738731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13884036626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vefvm8fbq2tmrvmrqdfmovdd5/rukowefajuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/166273335f49e003f6f3cbb1e1dea27a/vapujikadazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704df772796---68312478156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37253359664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/99423775354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///72547822329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/56648239089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/nekobezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/50630790449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=wheel+of+time+book+12+pdf+download+freePDF 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_off00012232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12232 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 6b015ff3b3cd187313ac863876721af54e100eed225aebb7bc0f06be04d85ddc
font_01_sfnt_off00014d26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D26 11076 bytes
SHA-256: ebb89ef849665d3f686a332bbfdd4978d35137b7a1946ab71f7037518617eea3
font_02_sfnt_off000166aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1