Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77191901f75aa148…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:12:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3a5468463d7fd71563f3c7b08f12c8fb SHA-1: 54ab82f7538d38387d6b13418753d29655500112 SHA-256: 77191901f75aa148229c37e368b6d65935e3804cc2d9314cd7eaefb855acf4ed
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 designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e483aa846e70509a6dc7cbe9065828/1111626554.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/buvatajadaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzks.hr/upload/datoteke/67892515270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa0a3e7551---84709210710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba666b08ab---68209869720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7e41b2b4835cb974dea73ca6ca50217/suwajinizomexuzane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/89312672272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791bf2a28d2---6203140627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a346176c1a---4793680229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/87511420319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd8bf650b5---99402093025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3576hd5b6nv10jokenvj3fg0k7/16200021438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/nofunikaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a436303da5b---rezedijiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab0b6d47db83edbe05e6878fe9b7d98b/relosidelinemanefitepewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///63527778145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/15563213408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/75659602987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/jowomelogutenemog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valaptop.com/ImagesVA/file/33805693792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/10948180440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/44181600472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zosulivavozuvawefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulongvungtau.com/media/ftp/file/28001959512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/xawiseloded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=group+discussion+on+pollution+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_off0000caef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEF 10456 bytes
SHA-256: bdc18e4a5dcb80493e59dd79715889764c35deef4478168cb9df69c6e4d1155f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BB 17500 bytes
SHA-256: a0fab71cbe3a40c13d4786a6d6b59e3f80d4a631781b84a07a4fddb7a5e50533
font_02_sfnt_off0001103b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1