Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6908e58760487637…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-28 15:11:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c02ffec12dcb740c6288d232cc161d8a SHA-1: cc9d6a04657f33576e86f80c143f61158d32b844 SHA-256: 6908e58760487637571df4012c8be31afdf3cab6b9b333e1a0a0117c4754dc27
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and exhibits multiple high-risk heuristics related to malicious URL links and link farms hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of external URIs and PDF link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious websites for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=square+root+of+2+by+division+method PDF link annotation
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/60040611412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/86315828402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/43854186794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nurdagihaber.com/resimler/files/46997991678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/donadasonolifexiropirixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/37920942052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joelcsimonesq.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/45402491724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/fogovilusopili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38761380333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/sawowaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54644218239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/ledofotirazojijubolawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d180850381---subixowiragikanokafusata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed0937cfa2ab7b30642363d2bfcb01d4/texovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/62768617817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ec73b90315bfa6a5fc0f6793b7b5c6/luxaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80869804797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/kibizukuvalusigepukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kaguviwewadoletekudigided.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///duxegivomiduwivaxapapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kapokcmassage.com/uploads/files/202109031614333432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/89233206872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcubusinesssolutions.com/userfiles/file/95527667085.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_off0000b2b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAC3 15996 bytes
SHA-256: 668c6985713a4d91302386a7b358f2843c36722f6c2e8a587ffc24153d3597c7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FD 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 13051bceb365eb457d9784f231862dbe8f75b199fc006d435b1bf22c6aefcdfe