Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 844edc521f1752e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:00:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dd899db626543d48e0b6a56d4871b6d3 SHA-1: 0688a8844cac9cc38e4a6c0e39149bbb7d8e10f9 SHA-256: 844edc521f1752e04b14de074e7685368ecda242625a1c506f3dfb6540efa1b8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple PDF_URI heuristics confirms the nature of these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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 http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/nusinolugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://neapol-m.ru/usr/file/xakexipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalightgroup.lv/uploads/files/45971408230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/vunumuvifavorapepilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/zafiwudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/55905636155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myrbacken.se/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozogokexoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46402178133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameradungphat.com/uploads/files/9525267362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermagnum-bg.com/userfiles/file/12059368880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210907_102736.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/vipisifuvumudopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210913_031014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/wifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161461d1cc9155---boposazikisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/moep6vg140277o0aclcqqp95el/29216759439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog/file/39369759014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/96512427082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/sakegidajuworamopoguxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/zipokikopunajunoduzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/raxavipatijenejoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koltoztetes-szallitas-lomtalanitas.excore.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30764457936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81875491350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e59cb429e0---90981277341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908055014105297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=best+game+booster+in+the+worldPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e3c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C3 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 296b44762221c8d096e3f1565fbb50c6521b059195c47a3219a546844bbf1db7
font_01_sfnt_off000111ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111FF 10976 bytes
SHA-256: f0a413fa2964e038b2d1cef324fd8f5c146ad14a9bf6ef36dba94ac2c9e75124
font_02_sfnt_off00012b1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1