Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd9bcb7edd9bbaf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:52:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4e8b16a1672b65d854d248a6d537a60b SHA-1: 73e3e9fd9d7746abc584c22158f118298b2b526a SHA-256: fd9bcb7edd9bbaf86b20bbed1d8d66fae0a56d9b34c4fd4331d36efe22942fc3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=newcastle+disease+in+poultry+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sztarmedia.hu/_user/file/80893475792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranosaguzuvufiwudibevise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/90517065802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/tijukomipololo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kraftyz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamikurulumupexoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9bacbe91f6---1329009456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b203fdb93ea30bfccb04d7e948f35f2/jajeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9801046fbd497ee10a7db86c1294cd5a/97214641490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58649233189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/gigexiwosezugul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947cbfc16e8---wufivetudogiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosominowenagulalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konstruktor33.ru/app/webroot/files/files/gesepetelolowemimimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/safedidojemepafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608308fa947d2---ximitenexowutezelaniza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/winewapilawifufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyn-koe70.de/obrazky/file/fovivesozasutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lor-rostov.su/userfiles/files/pigesiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.info/userfiles/file/15884360948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/lokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/75895432978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/63669269531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40829563947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61530325178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30e9c76075d9826e61591982ac1a64e0/toveb.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_off00013dc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000155d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155D7 10888 bytes
SHA-256: eb764f2c8abf3e2a958a85cae4b2292a66d9c6159cfc89235b9b3b38ae9d5e78
font_02_sfnt_off00016f38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F38 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 1c7cba4c938aa30f2c92b974a49c0dcae289236f7e38140efb8072e26ba36a50