Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9bc647de414fce6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 09:05:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: be3b141d3e2ddfd80c66507e402b3208 SHA-1: b78dabcf357e534dc56e82c33266fc509050d9c9 SHA-256: e9bc647de414fce6a8e47567f9f9db82385fe3587d3f7212255c3dd82784afd9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable or compromised domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this is a malicious attempt to host or distribute further content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.disbel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/darezodawibazigekoruju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/jurofovibeteteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/72653788299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4049323590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/09/file/winefajalikemuxewabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/54224489415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cistenivytahu.cz/upload/file/volevenezagizito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/notowozitoxekiverenupabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377b5624311---14834022842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/98434419083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choragwica.pl/userfiles/file/luteraruxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonsuadogo.org/Images_upload/files/kutoxufopamozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipssecurityconsultants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefosibowexatariwurajawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nathulaldasptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozedazidetogawimifogab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132295bce293---jazobivekowolobabexorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/maxivujegijelabifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agecarekorea.com/ckupload/files/nisavazivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jainfarms.com/uploads/68363284456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pataibicaj.hu/userfiles/file/90211703747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.flamanville-76.fr/upload/file/vawesasevuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizuzatexevolexeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songdolandmarkcity.com/userfiles/file/kopaxixijopiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc7cf0099025f701df8a7c3b4311c374/vuxopubetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80ag1a2a.xn--p1ai/files/file/xumipuribox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=talking+battery+apkPDF 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_off0000d93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93F 19144 bytes
SHA-256: 1011589aaa0e349c012d08331200806528d61fd9ee551cbcd099d92b479ab0ed
font_01_sfnt_off00010b75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001238c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238C 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 2d4a0b0f2782f9a03451d7a12d8ac94494ecb89e43ba26ef41a84a600a6d30ef