Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 789cd41eb062c3b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:38:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 828f4452a2a91ec13ed1cad3cedcb8e6 SHA-1: 8ea1e565a7504fe68d7009cd17b5c2050bffc04b SHA-256: 789cd41eb062c3b1d06ef56773b24146f418301fc420d2c8906c6ef838fa2d39
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=completing+square+method+in+quadratic+equation
    • http://gndpta.eu/news_objects/files/2348984795.pdf
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/xamiterapuguz.pdf
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7adngb4fmohfdaqsrk7mjf5hq2/titatotajalaxol.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a8262b57a---masogizokosanelabigun.pdf
    • http://crystaltrade.hu/data/file/94936123360.pdf
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/45393277906.pdf
    • http://fteq.ru/files/file/70101636679.pdf
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/gudenobosudoxumegudenixuv.pdf
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/73743566054.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e2be8c1e3---43082311134.pdf
    • https://hkpefa.org/editor_upload/file/92776040743.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/80620301159.pdf
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/25966770385.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pg9odch6u9vlnl9938k47ba331/39159505680.pdf
    • https://thegmsbihta.in/userfiles/file/62227716443.pdf
    • http://assisdrive.pt/userfiles/file/56725864959.pdf
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/8487618297.pdf
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/pevetakasabef.pdf
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/79175624640.pdf
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/43061338102.pdf
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/tesumomo.pdf
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5eed53428---nowujalometajorikisuriji.pdf
    • https://ngenadmin2.nextgenphotosolutions-beta.com/app/webroot/files/file/vewagolenowazozazaz.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d38612db10dd697765520ecf86fa0c9/56249741233.pdf
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/xenirokuduxuxatubon.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_off0000c4a2.bin
31decc65fedd84c9d288a41ba035d9a8a9937411111eb66bc22ff5f2f118436f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4A2 11240 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de38.bin
dd549292b74dc49cc60b3140aff4f353f827cbd2752317aa3247e732abf8ebfb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE38 17508 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b14.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B14 16792 bytes