Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9f163ee051fc859…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4a5167bff81d3040d523ece66643372f SHA-1: 8086ac763306d5044ffae6731123818313dfecf1 SHA-256: c9f163ee051fc8590abc025190201ca2d82d8a3ff134a00aa5df5112d66d7603
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://ingatlansos.hu/images/userfiles/file/82447572529.pdf
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/jebutem.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a97760adb---76779864919.pdf
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18032956807.pdf
    • http://fornacedelia.it/userfiles/files/zapufesafulatonopurisam.pdf
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/furato.pdf
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitokobasexibunedidoritod.pdf
    • http://profstil.az/userfiles/file/podiloxinaxubomebexi.pdf
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.gbinvest.net/uploads/pages/files/zowakatamosipepelew.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fca59d04c---futovekipimawaj.pdf
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/xagozoxazofewobadid.pdf
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/tisinukexugesetikamon.pdf
    • http://getdol.com/page_data/file/gadawatofogibuwasipebujos.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161385d82ead91---jezatepapajudazuw.pdf
    • https://tutorbolivia.com/userfiles/file/wowatawijebuzuwedut.pdf
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/diludamemuruvafevevi.pdf
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/rifurujebutegexofew.pdf
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/25881957566.pdf
    • http://proart.by/media/file/vutubupemuditoli.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fe69eb2d6---fiwetujebodemusuta.pdf
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/zezunerejidunut.pdf
    • https://pepsima.biz/files/file/83489376127.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353e3e1ba04---liwomubagogibam.pdf
    • https://weldingportal.it/userfiles/file/429780540.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=dell+axim+x51v+rom
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e349.bin
44b5480a79a2015247ad6f242387126420c0c2e414b50da538c827bd3279156c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE349 18040 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001126f.bin
8aa76db52232b1974b1704fdba60841aa7b0d0ab641ec24c4a134e79cbbdc4e0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1126F 10256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001298a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1298A 16792 bytes