Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43e3d571d567bf1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:59:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2c89a6914a2ef77b4a644bd118986106 SHA-1: b1ca29ff9dc38388baf1dc8ee57d7257c8000314 SHA-256: 43e3d571d567bf1e72cbb4bf23c2d5e5f50d08c42669228d6654aa5756de9c29
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with several heuristics indicating they point to compromised CMS uploads, IP addresses, and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure itself suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into downloading malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_F2206B4F6F0923BE.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://noahmission.org/dataroom/file/67212319793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/vukezinutawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/41776949501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93140527147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/95818060624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdsonline.org/userfiles/file/3350674659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090508150680554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoer.ltd/userfiles/file/61025019378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f972aed839---61894417817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/67769278102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140eac04747f---48519126188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-10/20210910093559105097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1223005a1c246f0c609b15c09421e4/dewamulufezewid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/66187471214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911080114187307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/97061490294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2b761f889---83916242149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glavis.biz/userfiles/file/65656541970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-husum.de/userfiles/file/13048920609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef6e458157---27522815650.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://daiwavn.com/uploads/image/files/ramokutazikowelokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/22527939919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novitas.ro/files/lebinege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salpasafarit.fi/tiedostot/files/27462420265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=xiaomi+redmi+note+9s+battery+lifePDF 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_off0000d6ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6EE 20004 bytes
SHA-256: 02cc06a3e2a40b85e9cbaa48204ce5f80797610fa8a469b1eea4ca241a0ab157
font_01_sfnt_off00010b9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9C 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 17a0e5fc776b77fae2782739cfe15ab07731cbd2674edc8a6b13c87d4b890021
font_02_sfnt_off000124ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1