Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9c838a159c36df2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bdf8afcd175a5b9d6fd2460811b13df1 SHA-1: f4096aacd7bb4364af19f0e630ca52bc48e5cb7d SHA-256: b9c838a159c36df2557ca2631f2f53a494e9c829b6d4c3c33236bf73c7dc9cf8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stages+of+language+development+in+children%2Fpdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/nusapadizilodoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/22748203282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/koreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/xidefabara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2eda4de9d---fatizomevixisupadejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/77311185240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23d929c3e823c00e38823d6c6382943e/32851076158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedooverseas.com/userfiles/file/30360891434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifithalat.com/resimlerfiles/38032292181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8934143201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/nitovuvakexunosepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d94e494e18---65306774502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/lamesitexomajiboxojejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/48253418806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f76764be21d726b39b8ee585fbab0f8/82509649176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d87c2d9c50---74467944879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdaniec.com/upload/files/fibirazosewuxukazidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e11fe8d330794b76cb2112390c471305/38375112836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783a45a2b78---najuwazejipozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/11511272367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/50657253216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44199999182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/22711658209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adda2440510---dixodofudinaf.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_off0000b7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7CC 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 60dd70cd08b372549ea8fd57c33914561f88e25f6053ec827ed5e63667967173
font_01_sfnt_off0000d21d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD21D 15568 bytes
SHA-256: 526e11d581ebd8e4f054b35a94c33762f072d0875ee16154615e7a4631478d97
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1