Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 183436b8eb32afc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 20:19:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 52f8b85fbe1b1af18026927fed48e409 SHA-1: ed5948d67770236c418104c7cd8730ea0a581bcf SHA-256: 183436b8eb32afc946bc10cccb7ca025b9bef98749c5213bc8ca53008b57cfba
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content or redirect to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9798

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://shamayachts.com/upload/file/32462587589.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inprovitvenezuela.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokurukilirobirezimozesip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovethanglongmb.com/upload/files/mulimifudojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/zanajemume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/81980022565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunwisechem.com/Uploadfiles/files/55047895837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsgd7pv83o7j1aqblot2e52qsi/junitakigopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbaytag.com/resimler/files/vakejewubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pamkracfi46enhko2v33n4k32/81673294089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finance-bulldog.cz/UserFiles/File/bivimumuzutoxuvifigepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dirokepifeduguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonaparte-kerkrade.nl/fckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/file/23650188097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kigixojapofisetemiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiny-baby.com/fileimage/file/fomopakepipane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghotam.com/luutru/files/5105689602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d921c614c283e265ed89d0f4cc8b6830/juparexuxasepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gkatsov.com/userfiles/file/36630799657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/58693709928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterboatdeliverance.com/uploads/files/dasizebegegebotute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.net/filespath/files/20210904195913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/55522482072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/gugopanaxasibudaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ce5407fc6---15385242482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmob.it/userfiles/files/66295736575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/nisurejezokogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porfic.com/fotos/file/44183173652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hack+instagram+id+without+human+verificationPDF 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_off0000de7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7E 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 21871a2505b17428c3bc065dfa99f83b86431e53cd89da1caf77c67382becee9
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA0 11212 bytes
SHA-256: ecf6e79f9255ec0fe6f0eadb9123756589bfa0716b9bc819a7f6f8b26c018be2
font_02_sfnt_off00012896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12896 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1