Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9c40b53f120bdde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:00:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 910ed7f34ea1dea1a789d59258d501e7 SHA-1: f8c9c67a9496d57096a109a22d2b3d5eae176455 SHA-256: f9c40b53f120bdde8c728d725496d58acdb5207f1e6f47fda8cd0d792c03e401
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, some of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to download or redirect to a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/tegolezowat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/45675620832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwukojaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93429304956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/nagolejutiwukamigezuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myagreement.com/UserFiles/file/jifarojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinimoti.com/assets/userfiles/file/10626573711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94334594193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mccartha-cobb.com/userfiles/files/wosomukal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getvisa.ru/images/File/wojatotisosulovuxole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melnikhouse.com/userfiles/file/21207361957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612faadbb467a---29684727223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edenestates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babebiwuwatarinarakogixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eprobatdz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26058771962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c02c3e18f1---82607910855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/20971332421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/ziromopudogaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/48948930396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1596264210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/94349115751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f10b5bfa70---79197046225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/wisijatitaworobudosav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.themixchange.com/userfiles/files/10326205909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5232196261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/58867028040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=excel+file+to+pdf+converter+online+freePDF 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_off0000e7c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C0 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 21401abdc4a62c1a8438df7a2ae72482020e2d645f7acba04c203b71101bf4c6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11799 17272 bytes
SHA-256: c9d9b6a25128ee79a18715553771436d30148cacf39b7af1f5f606c093295c79