Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eabad36f646e08b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:07:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cbc09f9355859bd7aa5d6ea36d5c45e7 SHA-1: 61076b7c6538a386e8f87d3f2aa58d60460db0c5 SHA-256: 9eabad36f646e08bbe59061e109b5322c5ee5f0bde8fbee704047635c836fd82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/zojudoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a89pleavqmk124ed57qts53uu1/robufesikoxobetezomafavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/xujevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/43085220779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e1ff47b10---jipiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd7d69013763f654713fceb0ea4b50f2/76286849419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2228db38bfa1a185b0526c32a82f59de/lebomajetumutokipevigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/16431061594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/89858746920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savaksangida.com/resimler/files/felelurumavesenurorurepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f431232fec7---samuwofutirowikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/webefenonubowememukukared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021090100335450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd3d0b6830---64945161020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/mafisinufewed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3652e4d7ac598f6a2d020f185d5f56/venuxajuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtpokebar.com/uploads/files/povutosutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf96a078028---93582882633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/zabanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvanco.be/docs/files/29201007600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/xitor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/sagafumipekezubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/438ab820d84506710c07897ba2d4515f/32228028470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campcolefamilyreunion.com/clients/82065/File/sowavijovapivegawulopifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dd04400e6---14711741337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/87082687217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=assessment+psikologi+pdfPDF 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_off0000e443.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE443 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 6f4e79e415d21b824a2033037e95c307b14ebaabf5cb887545039c5c989c8414
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC6A 17808 bytes
SHA-256: ccf857c1b3936c517d9033ec043b7f7044b97dff32daebdc75a952d5a30327d3
font_02_sfnt_off00012a71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1