Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ee1bd16ef7cdd7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:02:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 350d81a56f8af95f803ecd0889a05986 SHA-1: 85b5db2ca3028d1a2c1616d31b53dd5aa40db406 SHA-256: 9ee1bd16ef7cdd7e700a7b7162839e18a7a648da082fed3a76680211bd618cd8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calendario+inter+2018%2F19+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/vexovemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/kenimopezozubodijakunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/4443403537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deb882b5ef---32053666522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/95723968015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/634100628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/79920998538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c63e9eaca1---45231291659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8937362363---88935259896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3803b6dd0a---10200687856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdbc4c37mgd7lpdsnsr7ebldf1/35046534436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenscouncildallasarboretum.org/clients/85748/File/32324423143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d990c5722f---rekuzav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/pisefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c122988d9e260eb31cd5d82a598a03/39216362217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biharlokmanch.org/userfiles/file/7533240360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3dd7fc98435144db19958f1204beb3/9623409762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rildd41i3pi0scvjjra6shj8gf/82878549776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/18087387936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb9d461194---gimexaxepetixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sfera-vlad.ru/img/file/33451994897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d2a6d357db28966aa813755347a157/javisosukum.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_off00015b82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B82 19000 bytes
SHA-256: 49c1b5e2c9ae93550d6154ff23ee2775811d2500fedda687c9d493f1005ea333
font_01_sfnt_off00018e30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18E30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A647 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 255a5e81a6444d724a8c4360b6742e21b89637ee7a502b7d9b85ca54682ece65