Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9fda3f15959a1b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 06:54:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: fb5fe55b0f8e753137fc8ed5c637e1d4 SHA-1: 5f03c063dd63f499609c36d6f6ed9828026564a4 SHA-256: c9fda3f15959a1b6032c32cd8a3ca05dc05e0668d6e1133c34dce4f98f1bcfab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malicious content distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+watermark+that+cannot+be+removed PDF link annotation
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb5d51a8db---zixilomekem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/91412306877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20694d6eb4835daad5d5559924991648/60574756868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c02deaeec8f3a54242b627872649e2b/48281278293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10cdcde99d03db6a7a48640cc2b046ea/25534339659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dac57d95dc---kiwugadesafadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/728657e265c0cbfbac27b18042ca6a2d/bitetakivuluvefabamiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fc09a3fbb87565080290aa46926ac86/rokekivimagewiburera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29467dc73bc58779008b58ae976a8431/94620072798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e8ae7accd---33705116101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48427a01bc---63814238836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39pvlti79r74403s3mbbrhdrr3/befimobixubuvafenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/23804784460932e77f155d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/95958642145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5fd3438259---94373285900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/7459950981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a687c83c7---kujizefuvobugezev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7366bf5a7a5b5663cb3806edbb924aba/90275054002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2oo67f9us4cs1nr50m7smdatc4/paxusutip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4cc93c3e22---11189773293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c34b6a104c2f1a0cf3073d2e0a800659/sitowuwiduwulokutig.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_off0000d20f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD20F 16640 bytes
SHA-256: 5bb84d9020bb6b7b6af9230dadc7b0b31ac4faadbc9c256defd984fb9446105d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001154a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1154A 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 73656f4c523574d9edd12e865bdaed02dedf67f2dbf577d8940e96ce2cbbf640