Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da9629135624a621…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:17:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8c59b7f2f15dc1d1a505827c88917033 SHA-1: 84043f8c9dd0bd919ec10852f07f3e9ea0d8acf7 SHA-256: da9629135624a621256c6a1762d1b3403becae4d4646d0c7c8a76c1f296ad9bf
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfpebjq0jai0i82n0gg33abjd9/82692318179.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/zutakuzezekuzila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaac33915a---30127548306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad40ff1e38---22790463893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1624681155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henrycrawfordreunion.com/clients/1/19/1929e20d1ffebcad6d8b2a659e9c170d/File/xolubuvutokogomenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/dubikesufopapesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/22862886911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/6891529890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c7a9135639c4a96030d4a1f1d6dde5e/serikelafoxebibij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0789d4a917d4c465263037775a7dd26/72815516469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cf1cecf7e---guvike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/2461655300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kalamidakipamenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/5684333028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f110575aa---83136063591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d2b7ea16379c9e774ed2217b4f4ddab/pivaletukuwiguwonipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itjmulqp8vhnmgd2jaarg6v0v3/35992067623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5q19047q6kjici8iaiivfdu0c/basibifawisuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/48982077033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc8b6f3369e67b7ea56440bb048e0be/vitugopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85625774fa---lepakupixekari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+a+song+in+discord+chatPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e89a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89A 10852 bytes
SHA-256: a0d34206b27fa0ce8b2f09db77fdedee46971d5340f127c07803b2088d97af81
font_01_sfnt_off00010171.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10171 17224 bytes
SHA-256: e9756f21af745b6ec9e171ad1bf589c93eae94e9de9839dfb63eb2d3afa36c2b
font_02_sfnt_off00012e04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1