Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 773d7ed715408a24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.7 KB Created: 2021-08-23 11:24:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4dfa82621548b75b630b82c64f80f479 SHA-1: 1e7f696e585e2754802fa97c6030c2dc91260713 SHA-256: 773d7ed715408a24796dae33e35cbaf4846cf11ab0ccf3f81afa77360f88b531
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolumanozezivowumet.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9b5db0268995905085a1ef6f0ba154e/pimamewexejasizezupojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/17525086394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/20554943690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57921316867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0tu887b5lr57605p2qa36r306/1025053542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ef5ff0246---sejaxamomesulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servicedental.it/userfiles/files/7679054659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e730ccda9---41662647462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/4491344635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soswzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/99723588386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b2b951e0f---kifulamodavofilolaripebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/suberijizamoxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://free-spirit-city.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/2981643589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/61401326623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/900a9270266feca4bc78c1e860201495/lifuwamuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/suwabitazupuxowawonaxufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/42260758018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f1a4c1890---82697966692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/488095707902dce3c79767acf2e91f0d/parapakamasenire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/minovujove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k4kifp1o7fhmf8ovorgqg6d6k/wikilujelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagyberki.hu/sites/default/files/fck_uploads/file/lirozov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=a+jungle+in+the+cityPDF 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_off000123b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B1 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 4d5742d90f7503a0e65326c4f93a1e84bb21e610ddbe32959d9986f88420ec06
font_01_sfnt_off00015156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15156 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001696d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1696D 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 5bf43caaf6e818f960b6c3f7f78a93e2db1fa7673c3a1b0eae74192fabfb09a5