Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77fa9046abcb1f29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3673503d940c3a4c462de4d9c29e0867 SHA-1: 6dbd6f733017d21fd9b781fc7851425048d10cbc SHA-256: 77fa9046abcb1f299e55005a9a54cc994916f4c6a23c3fbe386081225a7e465e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=panasonic+ac90+manual
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j872jd6n5vaa35p6g2cfvbord3/98438536677.pdf
    • http://pm-property.pl/userfiles/file/25011041556.pdf
    • https://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/19922444447.pdf
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5556ab1bfee9f0fb9ca38cbff4ae9d6/18796469931.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092358241d29---50329011236.pdf
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/61874353376.pdf
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/4411628533.pdf
    • http://hochrainer-elsner.at/upload/files/wogonasodenaduzasizaku.pdf
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/xopoziluz.pdf
    • http://aifamilyreunion.com/clients/59202/File/kaladagefosatijiz.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf436c0d2ee---21533987366.pdf
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2b2tod44j46o1iabgflns03l6/88218512343.pdf
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/453b0ba9ba29a4b50e5a1006b5ebdefa/85935974997.pdf
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/72741197257.pdf
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/97830858198.pdf
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/titulenapulomexiwo.pdf
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/44970308949.pdf
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090030b57179---kisuwilejuzikotiguni.pdf
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/xurifewunij.pdf
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lijep.pdf
    • https://stepweystudy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rumafiw.pdf
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6005c5c8d68768937c1f1b1e04db7e9f/68699326644.pdf
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/48029978632.pdf
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qraooo15ta0llf8l0m1j03kip3/kanub.pdf
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/99147319358.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_off0000f2e7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010af9.bin
56f69bd1fafe412399d471daec10036c75f9a6b86bc10ed0f198948a0edd3b47
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF9 18012 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013937.bin
cdf4d1e704502beaa9a6eeab48c431405f98558c269eb98749fb28e6120c02c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13937 10452 bytes