Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77f064490ffa0475…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:21:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 322f6d7e8644e0bc94c4a6f82e382131 SHA-1: 18ba0b94988004fd9bd5b0ce2f98b2afa64aa3bf SHA-256: 77f064490ffa04753da7a21124bbec3fc2e288c1ce7a3842f128b03eb31f4e95
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of distributing malicious files via these links. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=market+leader+pre+intermediate+teacher+book PDF link annotation
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/95858265610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocrangsuthammy.vn/upload/files/wisoserimiwalenemikaxoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/16124491629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141661c7979a---rasaxubelinuzozaxasuporem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-09-13/images/files/18730223956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/dopaparezemuwemazafoxatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/48782907778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsraccountants.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/33948004392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dcc907f464---18572497311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8728f0d4a21089d7e47209aae1adcdc/wodulewuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparation-mobile.net/userfiles/file/wowegifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbairs.com/datas/files/begikilemabejezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamjagolla.com/uploads/files/4040435696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machulski.com/public/file/57850000192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b9e8d564489f984c881cbc44a02efd/vidigavokegazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakurahoaanhdao.com/webroot/img/files/73877549427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/jexojokoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/popatuzikifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zit-tech.com/userfiles/files/fonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/92090319135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614165bb9e269---rasoloxulorefibigezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samudra99.com/contents/files/pubumenanefivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/33769426585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/88441924070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul0b2frhsotbtk8hqk7ietgj87/fivazugirepuxevobiraru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2A0 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 4666bdb3fb54c0d1f83e22e1b6d4fc2a7c29668f1d450008c9bfe0574c49f373
font_01_sfnt_off0000db21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB21 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 6ce984677fc7b23c9a095bcc8625a498f8ebdd3093161e6293eeebac7e585ecd
font_02_sfnt_off00010a0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1