Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77246ac2ff4bb9ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:45:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 506bf06021fae3cd3c66ea9b72bffb5f SHA-1: 635feaea7d9ec19a2bd0bc960aaaf02851c40232 SHA-256: 77246ac2ff4bb9ee859083daf34b343b33de20ff86fad2f10b9fe190440ad30e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+most+wanted+2005+apk+obb+download
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/demupixomimekew.pdf
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/40419180822.pdf
    • https://mp2020.csysadmin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11816253746.pdf
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/tafos.pdf
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/54737820150.pdf
    • http://vswet.ru/f/kixud.pdf
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210918060509.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62539a3b9ce9a9c5ef4f1048a42f1d45/kiborudusowoloxivewivug.pdf
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/35785697339.pdf
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/vubawatasiwikerinovexog.pdf
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/46537036738.pdf
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/nolebokilesagukabarije.pdf
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/masezolixerujukezugot.pdf
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/posarexususimasikig.pdf
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/jozililonal.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902170724169797.pdf
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/nemekujifelomodijujazajo.pdf
    • http://benjapakee.net/UserFiles/File/50685894364.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d4c6260691ed40c11839bf8d623fa28/pumemixoguvowaxona.pdf
    • http://80tner.friend-match.com/upload/files/29551944858.pdf
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/19969852816.pdf
    • http://aprt1day.ru/file/49616451022.pdf
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa9dcd55cb7cf0799de60fb61f830e07/50227683647.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_off0000ad9c.bin
51ad5012ac10ccc47cbe1a33a381793217c81b8a66ddd542b421d6f5ef49f686
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD9C 11236 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7e8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7E8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000dffa.bin
7c0f7c14ba3fc4fca7f3b6fd45cf24511d3f92343f1851e0340f518a9b211350
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFA 14732 bytes