Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9b29226350dce16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:29:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4b92c8ed5ad987a6856aa05e276ee3e5 SHA-1: aa98df7deb9e21507947174416e34987a0bac316 SHA-256: f9b29226350dce16118351ee4e0d1e9a8fb6d346e566020340be14b22d2e37a6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely provides instructions to decrypt a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade initial security scans. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=diagnostic+imaging+brain+3rd+edition+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/mefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/6585889196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haisanquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/ribidokimiregopulisukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmu3dd3d0idnh0cm09u3rhka9d/jujetemularux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonowikibuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/96936033005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-naslunci.cz/userfiles/file/muvekuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/73844509279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/ropuximil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/78493618445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/97300061596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d24fe982d3---24559257813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fikibigewabojimanifezozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/84722515737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df32464f67---85494663881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a796270ddfa---40587831613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3178321642---tutol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084211d554d2---73331219984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cansuyu.org/resimler/files/vozuvipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/kuvinijetutokinun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/68647809948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1af6ee1b8---45636222285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6b4058bab---85386277190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/mabawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0015634001624246353.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_off0000fe3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001164d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164D 18652 bytes
SHA-256: e0980ae078ce46a8e6eeff1189a4770bc950e26ecab6984eb72aec2690358a06
font_02_sfnt_off00014703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14703 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 9c9ced8dcc3412cc06a79980b41e8679e34b3fd88e0bd20de0455c1b03b3de0c