Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7529c81e114a8f5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:47:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a92947087aad8e34c0c2b605cc4c5e45 SHA-1: cd724d482909871dfe9877224b90406a1a4d2c1f SHA-256: 7529c81e114a8f5bc81449a21a1f6e40bf1426b287598e034adb50e0ef66020b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+best+movies+2021
    • http://xn--3bsx3iw22bmot.com/filespath/files/20210905082624.pdf
    • http://esllearningbydesign.com/app/webroot/files/file/91282510413.pdf
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/waruxemobuxitilabivowip.pdf
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/jutebosavutefomem.pdf
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/78018650722.pdf
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripiwase.pdf
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61182663140.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613495d7a930f---xipuxifaxamezapo.pdf
    • http://secoinblock.com/upload/files/lejepevewixuvegato.pdf
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/tovujabifuwagiwemotazile.pdf
    • http://anduong-nhatthanh.com/uploads/news_file/fuzobi.pdf
    • http://drzwiukryte.pl/userfiles/file/1881113623.pdf
    • http://1-cities.com/blog_images/blog_/file/10205700414.pdf
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/xidivaraj.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad1a63db271c23471719f0f305ef008d/84248545684.pdf
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/zisetix.pdf
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/nezuzaregerinetu.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613936fcd5015---golijiwidin.pdf
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/79068535038.pdf
    • http://bronnicy.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivaluzaxekojokev.pdf
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/kezuju.pdf
    • https://gencatakan.com/upload/file/pufadodivafokonajezagezi.pdf
    • https://kocgrafikavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/84617631287.pdf
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210901111245.pdf
    • http://zamaro.cz/images/fcke_files/file/lisogebasenenubujudonulup.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e35f.bin
13571f543d10f96be9b4770a40dda5e0d6d44a87f48ac9b15599cb3f1573951d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE35F 10528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb79.bin
15a49def6a5d71978c6e36ec4482a39a8cb296abaf7777f420127a627dde97c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB79 18244 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a9f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A9F 16792 bytes