Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d69f23b21db5ea3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:15:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f390212ec8daa02f765d969b77fee64b SHA-1: 913f90bb4947c3dc7b03e9363dc49082e1f253ce SHA-256: 0d69f23b21db5ea3d0419f5978c60b3e7dfbc6c700deb9e4231bb355e841f144
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. High-severity heuristics indicate the presence of algorithmically generated URLs and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body is unreadable, but the numerous embedded URLs and heuristic findings strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shopping+place+and+identity+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://unicornccc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xibuvexuzovefowunigazisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22958360471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/kegumupofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/530f05462eddc8f71695ec77d790efd9/vuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96303888235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vf6vc1a876v47kh53n8tm5qumg/pobewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkmdc.com/aversystem.com/userfiles/file/50994832164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2572602399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/17299012166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojuel9ma30ccu3hbg1f5ooiqos/1625531873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/250121559825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b67c62948---tiritevalurijujare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fatujusexuzunozabojegisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39462592353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8762f1eb44fe81100f1dbc36cce692/41717380268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muxotulewagowebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh93v1i5u3p6e8nov2eam938b7/muzegewidefusonidabadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i76oje3e9r15esfoabj1dshif5/riforoxiwapotuvafawewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/25548477721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/32690798621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/55568257634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicareyou.com/userfiles/file/3455339675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/dalawoduxisesibiterojula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/vefapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80756447781.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_off0000fc9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AC 19120 bytes
SHA-256: cc6823bd842df9ff8848528b885debff723d4b62a61a3306643a698e482946cd
font_02_sfnt_off00014692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14692 10820 bytes
SHA-256: dd92937f21af6fef9dfc2755647a8af0e9ddea3d46cf5037795d2f0f1d16c52d