Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10386c40234855b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:24:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9b0a720d2586d37ae31d91aed8d86352 SHA-1: 71cac92108792919232c4e330edb25be08fb4b7d SHA-256: 10386c40234855b2e3985aefb1020ad6e281e2c286edd8c50dfde0899e1b9e8c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several heuristics flagging it as a link farm on potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

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 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 http://dinobajka.pl/Upload/file/87600605355.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/vofepevuxewelemoneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newcar-rental.com/uploads/files/202109131144334057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/75205120096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/56225770448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26344237796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primariasantana.ro/uploads/file/lanedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belly.bpv.su/content/files/files/62646812683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novena99.com/uploads/files/202109170226278697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bofekosulufimorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/11593557749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/vukotepubuzoginesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/46552532641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/joxuwene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140917ecf378---posukimaviguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/matuzavekogewipemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40304245093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapuxejitopadobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joteneko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontieregypt.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75919551140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harteron.ee/userfiles/file/24584718382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429c4143253---19294649240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koparieshorvathbusz.hu/files/file/25358995894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb65cec469---75435497052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=episode+apk+old+versionPDF 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_off0000dff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF9 18952 bytes
SHA-256: bda5a1a1cd98759a8f3c9a4d45ffd77be53065e799162a5d9529d6a17db6d516
font_01_sfnt_off00011168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11168 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 043bf6e2225d8b82395d08e8d9e62f5a762553b8f6b09f3562e3013296f6cf44
font_02_sfnt_off00012923.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12923 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1