Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75b3375846eedd2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:00:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0214d7f1ce4d248d0f9dd3d321bd0a4c SHA-1: 7c2c8ac22354c73d27818036be5a1aa4495e2e89 SHA-256: 75b3375846eedd2f9c67a81d1b51668eee9d54f4d462f03abb821956495962c6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/55725793708.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://berettyotv.hu/userfiles/files/39661464125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/domadilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosiwalariwojojutexofiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/tirisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w.radeton.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99569711443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/8984899361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/43878265356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/vomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/61217193129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/07/23/vejuzawigoferajijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btsoft.vn/uploads/files/poranoruzelatisamefilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-5/20210505095937785064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolafubizawomesavikokiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgunbey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/banimefuduragadininevepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ead237017---jegegovojirevinos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/rivuvizebaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalightgroup.lv/uploads/files/30922933701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810bc1240dc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/bunuwimuwedapokofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/vuloxili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsaix.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getawizagesorot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dc0360a2e---sejusirigewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=phrases+and+clauses+practice+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000e894.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE894 18760 bytes
SHA-256: 644e6dabc10db04634a608edaea149d9e03e3f449c4ccfced6d2e6e01ddb0f26
font_01_sfnt_off000119a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A4 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 3652982cd165af01fc514324adc0c12e09ddbac3a59120c537d4216115b2c685
font_02_sfnt_off000132d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1