Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f5c723b2873d348…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 22:19:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 23ff9598bc50833f2bc23aff8cb3bbd5 SHA-1: 2a164f41a2e8c9df23f03d1e0af3c587e35c31a2 SHA-256: 9f5c723b2873d348653328efb0a7440b96f7de0e0342f8128504b7f2b6f5f103
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+sing+out+of+gmail+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d259ccfee---28406101434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rgdsdrprusntfh529km3dq0v6/zudomajakuxupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hastensandbreakfast.nl/userfiles/file/98885280798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiraz.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55163420285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87998263131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/tepexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/nejepuveponenevuwepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/podaloredajerape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tevodujapevirubixinura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parmalab.it/userfiles/files/ninanexafufadatoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/zapogusukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niregugaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/xanifofelolumiwusapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb37c240d---kudoweveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210920_DD31E6E97CB0CE1C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac1cc932cc9d397b8af15e9796d698f6/tijesoradodade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawodydrwali.pl/app/webroot/userfiles/file/jugomimedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adidravidar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64551189384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/fagudowubomonufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/posemifazipupipituxokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosirocco.it/userfiles/files/poxotuxejebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338bb4d2495---refejazabebipasemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnojamstvo.com/userfiles/file/58527994937.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_off0000b3b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBC6 16388 bytes
SHA-256: 527309e5eafd001e403ab52b029b7fcb7e560cda5878fd2aa9f60031ae73dfee
font_02_sfnt_off0000f57e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF57E 10740 bytes
SHA-256: ea41a4c52b6284bf4951997d369f3a74d7aece86fd48acff6d13cfa36d13b22a