Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 862dde82b4352164…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: abe7e80cb2ac325a6aab03c4d93c954a SHA-1: 960d9262896d32e2e3944e5a8b230f63061a4d84 SHA-256: 862dde82b435216430c650bb88a515836a1d4964b963a0b9d2aa2af3d8e2a1db
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and link farms, coupled with the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic, points towards an effort to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/nifowetenetifofu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://servis-hradec.cz/files/file/fironuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/74624362097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remasoxozirosajivenitowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jills.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/juwogodidobipavujiviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatename.com/uploads/files/202109081605257040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifolabalaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/5925314420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/dukafagim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/pugexetedusolodiwumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/wemijeziburuweleruvaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210907151033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengatetaichiqigong.com/userfiles/file/86589578938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winecellarkeeper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulozugisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solo-reisen.com/media/images/file/vawazawazozudelelibus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrikando.com/cmsimple/images/file/jonewogufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c66798a26---xigejapusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139aa4bb78bc---xasebepanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/27842654383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanomanberjaya.com/contents/files/vijedulukudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/41492201795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/65586375014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395c6cf3e58---metud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/59751493563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81209998720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cricket+app+download+freePDF 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_off0000c492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC492 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA9 10652 bytes
SHA-256: c856abf2e798f39679bf7c877d8b70867ce772446d88810e086b32dfce0f8c60
font_02_sfnt_off0000f53d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53D 17700 bytes
SHA-256: c2f5664091f4d48dfd2bfada312c23e7cffda1ebac32d64091f29e989e128eb8