Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62d92896767772a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:47:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e3fd8e2cec08eba42d18bd9cd60bf1a5 SHA-1: e843ff1edadc603c25c6a51a7b0fbf7783f57199 SHA-256: 62d92896767772a3af196cfc5bcb413f41dcac83c165e8016e3e87785c1f5d91
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards a spearphishing attachment, likely leading to a second-stage download or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+beginner%27s+guide+to+day+trading+online+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/bopufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merlegdoktor.hu/tmp/dulogedab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/17826423704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/74510449332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenflameenergy.com/userfiles/file/duvelesavumalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/miponexupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/2289_20210908143722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452bda1076d---nodafonebonejixugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izyskately.ru/foto/ck/files/gosexozazabenofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0l074pfr4q2go7pvp973ooue1/weditolipoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjtvina.com/Upload/files/nenurodirexuwaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmsrecuperocrediti.it/images/file/jozagefisewurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf45063f974108d10978e1071db999e4/sosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/27238900269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhartiyambeohari.in/userfiles/file/75927707192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/pudovegatudaxuguzuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afce6029e61c81a30e4eae40c6c46356/rekopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adverto.ee/userfiles/file/piwutolutifodudavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/jaligitofegaxudolije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109140947173572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/pulabodedivizizapige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fa126b75915a6637098725358819d89/xujadabisegowajoninopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77393663046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/18101034902.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_off0000c919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC919 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 0dcaaaa23593e94c941bb417debec82b75e0d5b6201d55a8ed53d1bbbb8bd7d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fafa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFA 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 24940425d9bf7ccc01164470eb763b27ec6c5b07199243cf51b361a7491a7268