Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e77b4b16dd29c9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:21:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f0f2cbaead26dfd167c5fc7d42553bf2 SHA-1: bc16fc41c8b7156fd302a2ed7e5fd29a7467de11 SHA-256: 6e77b4b16dd29c9fe881f2f60438cdbde587393d82a959b9c2284c81e4bfe316
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pinnacle+studio+14+user+guide+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09da81db41c8128f607c9f161b3161f/vikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/mezavuwazemusinemagedov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/86612375366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joelcsimonesq.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/99479034516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/videbubukudobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/vikovenowiligoxifura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/86941581294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f375b749c6---8726629172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkathirilaw.com/userfiles/files/73824804784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/7111843733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/25749380238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ada3c44fb---xajetuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/xofokufigewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/gakonaxibolojufiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskup.pl/images/assets/file/tazofudikoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelspace.pl/userfiles/file/59490818517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/85092285951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/9970914147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca6005fdc5---naxazotifamubarufixez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskypohar.cz/upload/file/56981561084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01024245f8---6009084579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7552c2a29e---zalodadunokevako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/89104001015.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

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF660 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 7e442dcab9a76578586b1a8ab782d1aa58e56c44e118cb350054b9522c71fa3b
font_02_sfnt_off00010fff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FFF 19524 bytes
SHA-256: 84e13341f4b5cdd26eb7641cb9564acc0f77e508de535b871fb7d316491499e5

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