Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ead2373e1ceda8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 00:19:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0d7e1302b5d80bcbb0487986002bf2e0 SHA-1: ce2d5af671dbc39a59c123402e7ff0ac00c4112c SHA-256: 9ead2373e1ceda8d6ddae791aed727284ff44f2cb4d4109400bd4fd2269c6744
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating link farms on disposable hosting to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c33a4df0e---tefijow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210701165103_p5jk3k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/bisibexitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdad3e72d280dda65fa49757209033ee/78594687408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c57fb2148888fb0929f58ff6a2a0421/rotaxamotepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eda2b48fc7---38746351708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49c2ca107b---29781208642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35274266987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mihalex.by/files/files/85607192618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donupafeloxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/34345373542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12785148794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acf0d21e5a---68706542250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/jatufuzada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609facc38c17d---wasowofopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.com/contents//files/kepopikixikuburabojileso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbab18522d---tevanixulesutopotitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bfe8e66ea---20219401558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurezeredebenifuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/22936544559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/46443646770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/rigotebasedosikaxubomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853b274777f---mebevapavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=revit+mep+2018+tutorial+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e216.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE216 2296 bytes
SHA-256: 0d91b93c30cdb4b9fcc5287ef31e0f6d3b75050094e35c3303e90e7f2c1d387e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001042c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042C 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 1c94ca518024ae94bb3bd8eae6dcb6af8df8de9c9c064450427d55c8f8ee84c9
font_03_sfnt_off00011ebe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBE 18840 bytes
SHA-256: f6dd165658522a5334ae06935ba872a9f964e4dd489707b15835871e4c628ae6