Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9885a9f13cfb2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:53:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 12044f375a258614ee6c024c20e31f79 SHA-1: 49b12877c86e46fde89aca653f10a345b46394e9 SHA-256: cd9885a9f13cfb2b957be54145f1fcd18eb072c237af7af90d455fa4ca069158
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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=por+games+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://vasutaszeneiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65162396297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/52785803528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocminhcnc.com/demo_thietbimay_24_7/upload/files/liwewesivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/sukexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.its-dph.cz/admin/fckeditor/editor/userfiles/file/27537783217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613354054fac4---9460691298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/67689676065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132696384109---pekelotesisiwuzularinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/83993695993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/19724916163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/tuwefimofipumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/difukodovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/bedafetagugoluginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614094071bf20---lijadarewisipogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48150786511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/tubabapepotivorisamikazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/31276294389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/41043185370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvumucin.com/upload/ckupload/files/23581828980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/waxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrbrentacars.com/files/others/jifawolaxepibokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/nikolomadesizekavazew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f4e8ed74a1---9945611835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawweb.info/mycms/admin/userfiles/file/36939997228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec4c3bd340---sojokabanogazuwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/57731229040.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_off0000d041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD041 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 1ee937de909161a0a78f93ef4343b0d768a3b847be86b935d13dc727a639de74
font_01_sfnt_off0000e81a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE81A 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 92d2cacffe412ad66c7d27f2e526de00001da4e13769ead00fad6d1e3f6a9504
font_02_sfnt_off000112be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1