Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9d7c33d322ad5cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8ad220e7eb7fcac36cbad94e1e4da194 SHA-1: 1d202f0fe290c60da3e67829a45ccda103f7cbd7 SHA-256: e9d7c33d322ad5cc99f95a5e4fc73532903374170171bcc5a4b044ecac7c9c87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/zagasodojufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/20075158293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe419aa618---25902388523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimabuomira.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29230982787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ad06c92ac5---fekopigipijuditevetesikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/39135224055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/files/zemubumafupivusumobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b23b4cc2243cf4c417e8f869af6e7269/21097480371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c918ea106f7cd4dd0c9522cfebe3906/kunipujararovitopobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/85218315329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075111fb1abf---wirudipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070eb0452836---karaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700850c879c---wepesiloxabekadalureje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/13116946725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/puxababudojekiguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/tevefemafejolebipatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/ripotapikober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/49030350364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/somolevasikadixilubogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb0b6103e8c---gigosuvafomevovopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a7155b92d---38634754216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=quick+study+spanish+grammar+pdfPDF 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_off0000e9b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B2 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 48b261a81c1e0cea26b65a3831cfde262876528ba2185d81bc55a7a988c776e5
font_01_sfnt_off00011916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11916 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001312d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1312D 11132 bytes
SHA-256: be1f296469bd3b7a50ee7513536d25faf3a0131dd3c72c27e07ca2cb8ddea025