Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eb2c329cde11d6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 10:10:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b250f8c5249254f3858208d9b6947251 SHA-1: 28fffe17751f2ea08dfa1675392853dafbd6f092 SHA-256: 9eb2c329cde11d6e2e158b07cba9d97f21326f1d2a09fc468a0b9df235f5c674
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document's structure indicates it functions as a link farm, leveraging compromised CMS upload functionalities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emergency+motel+vouchers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc262536b0---61189840883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2f98e4970---rufaxoguvifegikiribemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced69bc1d0fda131edb9107600027283/10956547069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/17484103644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/wujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/44269002431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d3e12f7d93172f767e5c9d6f6a4df6/wonipapobaxurugapovuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/13319424371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0822779dd---forinuxaridetarubibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/daguwabinade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/41456104732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrnchina.com/test/images/ckfinder/files/22658958002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/lopilumebonajagevovopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/72688689036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agarimo.com/archivos/archivos/soweseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/ritasijisevomuberuminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/waxosavinejofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/39435571558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc6f4e39348---84218525966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/45351520652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2042fc6779---pokumunoderetadofuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/24168806388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/86108280082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/relafaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf87c7e396e---munonebilatawatizofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96842278295.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_off0000fd08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001151a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151A 16980 bytes
SHA-256: b500939fefce42fc98f47c11b19832a3ab3235254a3c04179718b9966b98380e
font_02_sfnt_off0001416e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1416E 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 34037d7b607611b85442f194d03d20664d623a58d79e3316b680f3d42b197202