Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f333f591e5bd328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:45:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d275dfed86b888668c51847635590f7a SHA-1: d38cf90822027b893a590d48d12a025e03ae6ba9 SHA-256: 9f333f591e5bd328761847431f27cddc8675b1ae93934b52404be44dd0e3d701
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are characteristic of phishing lures or download sites for further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafesukut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdi07nq2epa2f0ll8dvc4fdss7/lajuraxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4ec75267e---46648763370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cf7709bdc050a0c4a28cb78582a1c15/lesirevesokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafoglia.eu/userfiles/files/74908244290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b6bd3b3b3289fd8e399f5b2a20f1dfb/nezefux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/redif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ky-auto.com/uploadfile/files/77319133460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202171074291230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/gisalojewovoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd346b8d8e---felivilodujupelujitaxabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besozevudazebigavilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f01cuucmpu4bs2eoe7nv560kb2/dasigapuxojajepusulusuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a1561bc52---xagelipofemutulumiradupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8550dd63310a9bd81dd582ead0a0441d/6001697965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5d3a2caa9---jizumuwusutepara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/poxitolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/25838038743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/71510484174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25122732210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/ziwisigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/88424703213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da4345788e---18266510591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/lozejenijigabijobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimewijaridifizotavomose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielfelber.ch/userfiles/file/51220825049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=macmillan+dictionary+download+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_off0000ec05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC05 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 220ab4188f66fcdda591e7c2637127f9fbfa85f0872433d40324f63e72cdd04d
font_01_sfnt_off00010478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10478 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 99dc516c5004a2ef92f5d774be05f78293b134cfdf4c561365d0ff3768438f9d
font_02_sfnt_off000133c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1