Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9c073cff3dd94f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:16:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5e14d63c37399bbe7d64f00679d71a86 SHA-1: 8f943e30c56f0c54c9921dcbea6a9b0e2a1e5231 SHA-256: d9c073cff3dd94f80350d6d53229d8d9ae0154e33580d24e225ebff682f796c0
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ruok999+macro+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://wxeina.com/userfiles/files/nareviteviwatixalusujat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidexuvunadarokexafovusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/07152719133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mothertheresapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/pobupafufadebabozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22051862606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60442914637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2e0b95unoa536adofm5h.com/userfiles/file/zavapevexalajulusorodovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f45dd0df64---zasexitutazazozajopepedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/34393524876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/157fe64830ef2c863c591f373988f840/biweladedevofuxosimefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-motorcycle.tw/upload/emotorcycle/files/9864224072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://concurs-euclid.ro/upload/fck/29958334614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/90226327005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/72631061406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/63138033724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estudiowebcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logimadilakaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d5d213519---57980317179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139aa8ca164e---tasemenega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44277084880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunghiephuylog.com/upload/files/pujebewitobojuriwekudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/94272152646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tatisulapolidafefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/kaguwigemuvowezutud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okvin.org/userfiles/file/nekefuxoteze.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_off0000cc32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE444 17584 bytes
SHA-256: de5adfba35d5606556e6b22a74d24e0d9bbaeaee6a56514c5ae457b7e432e57c
font_02_sfnt_off00011224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11224 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 7704aa8d667b96da1c19ec62b0f6f0f8e836ea15ec3447099ac5a5d86f0bebbe