Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fff55b8614ca08a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:13:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6dccd5cfd3e8742dfe94dd4f649e2c98 SHA-1: dab95eb879fbfc632ac9926712eae2defd68ce3f SHA-256: 7fff55b8614ca08a53c5f272f2bf7a651c695e1687958868ee3a829082a983dd
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external URIs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attack pattern involving directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gcse+percentage+questions+pdf
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5761176848.pdf
    • http://korea-labels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mivok.pdf
    • http://huimao.com/upload/zukenifakudaroji.pdf
    • http://locnuocvietmy.com/Images_upload/files/24972999984.pdf
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/29151172646.pdf
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4978f82a98bb5372abf5716d179eb5bf/6636688013.pdf
    • http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosagojiwedafijigusedelu.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2138ad145e6d7b368dbebd445853b75a/35835328029.pdf
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784df8d192d---fazogumosilokovudopuwo.pdf
    • https://innotek.vn/uploads/news_file/vugidufuvigosizipudaseni.pdf
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/puxefokuk.pdf
    • https://corianderedmonton.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60169155547.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ebc9464fd---26100920330.pdf
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fa5d7a3ff4---42792907267.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5d72d7a59---55682526679.pdf
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/99373661222.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9q3dcv48c9usftn1eu1m0dhj1/52501493481.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22b45fe364309b53416a8067f374b8fc/penidawenezisenudopew.pdf
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/galuvixoxopadon.pdf
    • https://anitt.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegetabakoduxowetedi.pdf
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/moxivikasete.pdf
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7ae612ec1b---77160126696.pdf
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/puporaxukagogexega.pdf
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0893d8d939---rugux.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_off0000d8ef.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8EF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f101.bin
c4f6c26c7e2bac61b8d35d24ed21526543b063ceb9e59be032432448c45e66da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF101 19420 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012383.bin
5088c669b5e367dbd9383235a1b2e77eace25ca2ac0c91e6fb7c9d5e59e5a674
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12383 11036 bytes