Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7932a914af1487a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:33:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 38f006b219f692123aff775a0019eb8f SHA-1: 846e451e79701ff314ed4a860fc9d1719349c5a2 SHA-256: 7932a914af1487a0eecb38adc52269e61b920f4372e4121a9c6f1912296317e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm strategy. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+whiteboard+animation+in+android
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/11008414958.pdf
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/97198825191.pdf
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sufesazivinisideseromuzux.pdf
    • http://www.primariasantana.ro/uploads/file/xonimu.pdf
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/pumefumubakam.pdf
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/jigixuroboveterazewi.pdf
    • http://phupmirpol.pl/userfiles/file/4080894563.pdf
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/jenozofiridanedokodu.pdf
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/63905921446.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c21b7aa26---87402122584.pdf
    • https://trouver-une-ssii.com/img/pics/files/nevipugigoz.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c727e59bb5---detavipisivizonurovagenor.pdf
    • http://spbmedax.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/84403115636.pdf
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/11311532852.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/panedurik.pdf
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebaddebbb99aabd242885818032128b1/66064774818.pdf
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajanefamisosome.pdf
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/858987479.pdf
    • https://bfull.ru/uploads/files/58209161791.pdf
    • http://luxlustry.ru/img/upload/1671761419.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336a0b92bb1---sumofufemedutenonubibi.pdf
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/83195072468.pdf
    • https://hotelmitrutarija.com/uploaded/files/tizawinozis.pdf
    • http://thibidi.vinadesign.info/uploads/images/files/58382039855.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_off0000e1dc.bin
22aee2dd293791c48bee7f625a2b80246dcb7d11690e69feea993ba880594db1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DC 17684 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010fac.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FAC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000127c3.bin
c6474c7ee2eb4df405ba910056680d1a4fed7e1fa9f4f3e2e7e5ee2cc3a9c455
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C3 10608 bytes