Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75c322ae60412a9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 06:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c34f3ada5f6ea034cdd5cb8212279d12 SHA-1: b99c3e8a38045a3b157f9dbb8d7b81f74d9555d4 SHA-256: 75c322ae60412a9d9a9bad6d78e6e1ef179907215690d1d3392a03cb11a2f7ce
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 CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards the use of embedded JavaScript for malicious redirection.

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://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ca258cfcee51f42851cba84103f6ccb/49769070930.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210905193113_bl7db7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/files/xamadogemusufamaliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmm.co.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43618278874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukat.dnsaktif.net/upload/files/gobuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1climbing.com/userfiles/files/48178688552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/fiwenijewaguvufezikilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmaxi.ru/userfiles/file/92852971863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maksimetall.ru/files/98122143046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ab8704c18---sileweda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rabitujezolenekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.es/d/files/wubapewofisejozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/54279474457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tixunomorezoridepejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfansing.nl/userfiles/file/78116020525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380ef8f3097---xolizejufakikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shjkyq.com/up_files/FCK/file/84048335887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangallagn.com/images/file/punomuxisizejaruwetosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementyzlaczne.pl/media/file/69265023450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejirijavesola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/941697ef87a2e735a3a33984c29dcf03.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koxegixule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/xokesaladobupewasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=cassandra+clare+chain+of+gold+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD07 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 01fff51af321fe6944249bea11ad4b1cc2abf8c05855f12f56cc229d14af855f
font_01_sfnt_off00010b47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B47 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 54897c573de1365e5dd5e4e55b6a3ae2dc314277f9dc87231d8435641f5d2ff2
font_02_sfnt_off000123f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1