Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f4dc53425b36f09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

146.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 18:09:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1a1dea1a64ddde0efd61d181d90de14c SHA-1: 313549d629ca23a3ec7aafc96a8190299c822495 SHA-256: 9f4dc53425b36f09ff824a24fe1b25c6fc6ecfe5377b4c008ad1c58f77a67712
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with critical and high heuristic firings. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, including compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, with the PDF acting as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+metals+nonmetals+and+metalloids+are+there PDF link annotation
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/66202973653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/39832293087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejuvapijiwiniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/tupidaduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terracell.info/images/file/fetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjnep.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97601939867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/jegufenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/52979917644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhartiyambeohari.in/userfiles/file/90542296880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411ae38464d---24337274973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/99355563917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/69744420943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lc2dokgvv17sjn73ualqlsbb9u/59070670002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prepearl.com/uploadsfile/lokomirobelinibobuzesugor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b66aa20c7c32899506db7ed6253faaaf/72268359803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/60669049430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrominicabs.com/survey/userfiles/files/33431565237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupirewatepana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a1703c45b---54269782527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvumucin.com/upload/ckupload/files/nunafujoseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e139c0afd---rigesimujunuruninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25678485177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vugusejesoratavororajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pbdvtd0mqfctc5q7e852c33n0/37482234280.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_off0001d275.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D275 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 8f1c3a055efab2ef7b72e27151aff9b92a43fdb09ffa43428d7c64ece7f691b4
font_01_sfnt_off0001ead3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EAD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000202e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x202E5 21208 bytes
SHA-256: 62c99799ae09fb2adcea690428b227a32eac8c8ab04ed00b28047dcb3b281f62