Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0190954be02c75b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-30 13:15:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f66b66ecae441c165765208ce79673ed SHA-1: e6c938cbe32e1a5f9eba988813c4baf74ae8c5cb SHA-256: 0190954be02c75b96f5e1da64c90df78265d537dddcdda6f7d70c97b67cc17cf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the presence of multiple links to external websites, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by embedding malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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=alien+android+names PDF link annotation
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49354899745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/82913332373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/30633749550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/lurubutebulovekimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/40118422588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409b02a9ef6---85810146200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/86715877511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45383363518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63198525979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bac7efa9c---gaxemivipireju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/zitamabidoxigobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16852050805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myesen.life/userfiles/file/75704915285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/8898124467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80500134c481819eac5a82d172b8214c/79226305887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143e94f4fbff---32898165860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/vepipadolonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/29135015154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctcinsulator.com/uploads/file/98670658026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thingstodobahrain.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefujaxebatofanofibodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/59856741215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ocean-ex.com/images/blog/file/14031083846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/perijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/namur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48342953019.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_off0000af40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC757 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 12b3bd9edcae22d7d8bcae6ee4b88a92d192439f778c2bea77b426e63ac9ba96
font_02_sfnt_off0000de69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE69 15212 bytes
SHA-256: 0eee86fccdc5ed9a9904a47440d63a3e4cf2d88095ba252ff0a3b4af0a978463