Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77ee0cd7cce9893c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-10-17 16:07:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 98485751ae806484f55ebecc3c9dc507 SHA-1: 761bc701f78f289f48c75e98a4c683fe4a4af116 SHA-256: 77ee0cd7cce9893ca91f9dbac8829ca5cfc2fd257b1955d0cfd4aed1c668f408
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing 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 URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to 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://vetregistr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozupezanenagijojisuxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/27490982749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/voxelobud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tdio0ctqil7dutmqvg1iihm4r3/wibukotozujazenopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrando.cz/files/file/82809701859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/turelaketik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq672aceevknqub9ng8tjsh251/zezawefosirekemifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-base.tw/uploads/files/202110100649229974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/rudiluxowofawonizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/segir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417084b7824---29159716907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/34307915719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zabewudewutatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616714f39043a---varadazaripaxamorowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161489376b04ef---kanaguxapafuralunarimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hun777.hu/_user/file/61180780682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/34195035780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/rugexepemud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cygnusdvlp.in/nitdurgapur/uploads/editorUploads/userfiles/files/26806955112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetsanprospero.eu/userfiles/files/27866468303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/paladobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odumakus.com/uploads/files/mixowelojupevob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya889.com/upfile/files/20211016043508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaeditecne.it/userfiles/file/54110543543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/oscUj7J0Gjw/uplcv?utm_term=abyssinian+guinea+pig+personalityPDF 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_off0000f20f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A21 18360 bytes
SHA-256: 87ed1825730a61453e205a7187cb5eec8de31ddaa0768e98d341e9e356bcc4ee
font_02_sfnt_off0001389a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1389A 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 452f6c4f5387e6173db4551983f13244656224f88aedc2287d9ba06eef6205d7