Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01dd9bd77e995d81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:14:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: abe39c25bf7785b3e55575ba04e81869 SHA-1: 50527deb660dcf9381b62687e6e0c97ab53b87e5 SHA-256: 01dd9bd77e995d81ddf4c33d4faacb195f452ea7750e9b58f442b2cc431d5a1f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The document's structure suggests it functions as a link farm, designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links is a strong indicator of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+allow+third+party+apps+on+firestick
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/61007792033.pdf
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/jimikovisejij.pdf
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixugisidexazuxejudilir.pdf
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/83042879939.pdf
    • https://yk-tech.com.tw/ckfinder/uploads/ckfiles/files/9821650426.pdf
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/dudeparedutiz.pdf
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210915_593764B6935255EE.pdf
    • http://52963566.com/upload/file/202109020321510496.pdf
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/mepowebibogexuzuzimad.pdf
    • https://digireg.gr/upload/kabevatosuxapulipivipu.pdf
    • http://ficfart.org/userfiles/file/ponepireserereduxadatujuv.pdf
    • https://adurucui.com/ckfinder/files/31119944922.pdf
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39908476596.pdf
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/10906827354.pdf
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/jefutojozu.pdf
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/52203836002.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbd9c5df689a9f04c0613eafd95f2900/50241448688.pdf
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/xupowupufujuxunarebu.pdf
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b5b046c3b---debelejonigomikegodeme.pdf
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/tewanagekafanobuwapej.pdf
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/60096005082.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e11781348---farujeje.pdf
    • https://billard-hauri.ch/userfiles/file/71715734011.pdf
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/13923313084.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/420bfe74349d5927163075ce4a7cea14/63720652796.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0ec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0EC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010903.bin
74b1dbff6f15935325b1bf8d27fb6b52f42a141b96c7ac5d0058d9c532b2cc80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10903 11000 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012291.bin
fe62dcb6561235d3c7dfd3a13ac7a4f1c8b89f215edce4daf345ee1dee1c5aa3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12291 19884 bytes