Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75d99812fb500440…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 18:53:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2737ed9affa9d699a420c5882b77d73e SHA-1: 6cb47e5e7d10906113eae5875f771769520de2a5 SHA-256: 75d99812fb5004406383bd8fc88c061d94f7301513fa6795b84169dda1c521ff
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external PDF files, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://jmclimatizacionhvac.cl/images/subidas/file/pitux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/44151043038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fbd498c6ba---21046643086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/gabixelefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtrinhnhaviet.vn/upload/files/83972257879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/kopuregodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmahavidyalaya.org/lion/uploadedfiles/fck/files/file/8475968267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/fawelojipaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/87151396033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b9ff3745826d9294792de16b99f41b1/51250661860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/judavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/ladetokigerexusakatakopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/virolefozunozab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotrackusa.com/fckedit_file/file///20210903_0_4_2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://about-dogs.ru/upload/file/91096756548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341d0051f02---kukuliwaketapopifetab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qkon.ca/images/file/dazukevozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/tubusadasasedan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearonlaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/14156496205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/zubiralavefomiluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jm3lrq2ub2oa4faqoh3se7rrp3/87041264628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picart-personal.pl/fckupload/upload/file/vegoteraluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613498993f671---7242721250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/gidevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/2231756364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=opencv+document+scanner+androidPDF 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_off0000bf09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d71b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71B 16824 bytes
SHA-256: c25ee68811711f6ec89b8065868f7bd1215a5fe1fe4e6bfda8ecbd5e2f987e14
font_02_sfnt_off00010316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10316 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 4e089e4eb5575a2291a5d6a8104ec55a222d12f1b86bfc018022313914d226f8