Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d80a9925764f507…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:30:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4ba5963ea17de068f553ab5cb64e3523 SHA-1: f05433f64a31563e1ce1083d38b7119d6837c740 SHA-256: 1d80a9925764f50746e1bee3ff032118f2eb3970d6c6885dd107da74e0f155dd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicates a link to an algorithmically generated URL, further supporting malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://euro-ex.net/images/blog/file/60940102687.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/zizojiriligirexanodugela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02aba4a772e2211f2da2a0948c192cd9/87909512201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/dexoserokisemopiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://31app.com/userfiles/file/litobuliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-vietnam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/27696606244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/vesaremofakijusaginiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/6548323638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/gizalifekejupopikurifor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/vefeniruzutosatiridakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78576431972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsf-vastroad.com/userfiles/file/33540450389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/32403364046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haraj-alqunfudhah.com/userfiles/file/zenaxuwoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innospectrum.eu/hirlevel/file/letoduguwamofusuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greengenome.in/admin/userfiles/file/remunobituzakabazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandioso.asia/editor_upload_image/file/76402084569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437de2c7d78---maninorarevewaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoliduvuwigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd7dc6e693---19328218685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3a9c441da---pejinurelimarazeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/94072861484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/42180056795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e51b6c7fa---lejobibosepilowigizubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/79964294951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/zibami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=cool+math+wheely+7PDF 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_off0000c760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC760 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF77 10188 bytes
SHA-256: 338be7955a974d5b1266b6b04e7b3e513faca33786f91ff00ea204b2ddca779b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f676.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF676 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 933e56863af9fa3060272884c9d50f619fbc34ad3be76b9d9890bc137c5eae91