Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9efcd6610b0422…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-09 05:19:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8b92fd314ef6419f57d53c55fd7ec976 SHA-1: 7e1c12ff6dadc4c7cd555646855cc5a42325f356 SHA-256: cd9efcd6610b0422e22899debdb66772cfdab3370055bbf522bfff3a51bc33e3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to deliver a payload or redirect to malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+offline+pc+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baacdb21a8f56b6890eb2539e2c26355/vosimasiwuxopamusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610062c30d01a---90294937824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/17991766379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa6c88afe1---tugolizugivotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984278c74f8---mulelilepofogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36b22cba7381e7e632bfe9d15d52e02c/sorimojixirusuvamexuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2bb3e566c2---52261691446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/xekaribenejogozipedej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/15405274717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/58711356683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/jorukize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sutisotidogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb0a82358e---79810659630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/91740790060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixosilinufexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/8327306085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/8302679189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ef1604c50---xadutek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/tamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62d12d3efac0793d228d2d43ddcce952/jekukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8fdb6d00c---moxogipawipibotoxexopuved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o5bk2bt9d7alcns6klhuffek3/22232547086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607730cc2b1fe---remorixabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/62194704732.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_off0000fdb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB2 16728 bytes
SHA-256: aa84b8b720ec20762a711e55e6e6578e8ca7c290f96d91c1c7444b6fd3af9296
font_01_sfnt_off000128fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128FE 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 7c14e0acac878b083002bbb9db049d599850016ac256868585fe385d8ce49d47
font_02_sfnt_off0001416f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1416F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1