Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9c741784f966bb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:19:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6f5dafe006db7813bd97b09194fb10d7 SHA-1: b7085d504036c8a4e83cc0edf524b5efa63db82f SHA-256: e9c741784f966bb5921bbd493592041fc087eb05cd94c45972a3839b592f66df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious documents. It also features a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cambio+climatico+y+seguridad+alimentaria+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://santechnikosdarbai.lt/images/files/defekumopikezitujamulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tumawetazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f631cce6da---78115551242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58d9a1b40c53c25a53846c0fa6fb8039/jozigogazoxogafefipumege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/dupekexojiwifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/46372844888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9d3c0ecbb---xiwinemuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/37311161229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumezonamomobovamofejan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb4a2bcd28---91698162926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuxintrading.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210904/16307139258189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210723_075317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/takakijujipasevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d2713c0db---sirubidevijirot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2a689bb04---62736850307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/71832397352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b26686928cb8444fa34755b24b3fd2c/22307490356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/kodetigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/79728203527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/vafevogakowegedavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/kurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaiminsales.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6962691491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/nanexanuzodujalateloba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f06ff0897a3---3359466722.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_off0000e97b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE97B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001018d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018D 18448 bytes
SHA-256: be8e71aa08821dd7b711f76a442dfc615389050e1e4c84a521f968d87e316302
font_02_sfnt_off00013121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13121 11348 bytes
SHA-256: b3d73c19396df29973a34b0e0337d480c5b8a6690cf0baf99b5ac61278a44fa6