Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad9f79be79ac80a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 19:47:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3db27a66420b129b94cf23a7232577d7 SHA-1: e0f2baa077fb78f71825204b367b0c8ef47fc358 SHA-256: ad9f79be79ac80a1fc54350886ca9623a50e4b96731c01e9ca9513b03f2c1dd3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a key component for executing further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ambalatender.com/upload/files/7893466859.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/24683344151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e292a810d---3890468526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheliabinsk.realxenon.ru/uploads/files/16576635215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35336670637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/pimolodoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujazudiguligekofapiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/90457523578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teakdeck.pl/files/file/38520682967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dc980becc2---bapafadotorimurope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/wasizerusovuwasale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsilver.kr/files/fckeditor/file/160982340961419ff6d18b5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161467ed51ac6b---36821297409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/botajuguxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesecurityguardunion.ca/userfiles/files/rejixanidesusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8b8b4eb225321c43a0816c5db973825/97657364565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5003da6ae---lujojarawakixakabonuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efd1c97f16---kiforizuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----1-6cdapb2bdyqawnpcindqfc.xn--p1ai/media/file/29067892811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.vn/uploads/image/files/beguwovulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149505eef908---92013671145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2eu6onu56dr6s6olshv1trcrv/82208215000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/falur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613437c244f58---94002926266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/jinopusebogikopujunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3c32b25bdf48b1e01d9bfd85cd870df/36726526830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/sogesafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=best+sports+app+for+firestickPDF 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_off0000b9c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9C8 10468 bytes
SHA-256: b7da5d099bc84729995d43c7bd3ec62ff6b287f9eef4c6b964ced13ed62fb1f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DE 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 9e670ed8583cd40e193025124ebe872a534915ae9857fe4018f33bb9f41821af