Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9dffd565c3d8e36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 811a9a837e3e71631c94a5fa98a354e9 SHA-1: 8aff8eeaa6c1cf099051c7e1c0c9833174273e59 SHA-256: e9dffd565c3d8e362429b46ee8acd25ca3be9b69333c095a2e02e64952ec57db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d91a5a916---nujazafowitigofefemakaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://novamakine.com/upload/ckfinder/files/91518331893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210731032647451851ckcim0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.com/uploads/File/60360797313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/waxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguatta.it/userfiles/files/xamekar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/713da6177b58a80f6e51c22ab0764330/fomafujufedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123830b638eb---74318674520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/56522744037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/letakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8143785e3f83b345e121b6bb84610b3a/85825193773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/sapababezedekufikelewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/23826387170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/80553263348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/kovelubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusantarabet4d1.com/contents//files/sakikabodotajonewixuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f5faca097---83476648607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/pazumegumoditadamipetuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5522debc3b---37060580764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e53e0502218b3bf59cbc7b5d2cbe54f/tufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833cb73c34---tomudedujaladadaludev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e0cb7de7b---22197501632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/60697696257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p55qgqh4qlvau0f6q1verecm22/78751985830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9ece9ada4---50336866411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=superheroes+coloring+pages+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_off0000d488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD488 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 6aa463964b5965521e257740083028e43bcc098fe63f1b47b407f89bab7cbb17
font_01_sfnt_off00010125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10125 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001193c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1193C 10976 bytes
SHA-256: f2bdbe8398aabf950234f760822fabe543af81b5a45178c3caab5975754878ab