Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9085b030ace0a1b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:25:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: df2b3b7d252fba3bc3cc0b7c6b836dfa SHA-1: 34b0b2d28c86572f3025274c4f40e6ef3fc3e653 SHA-256: 9085b030ace0a1b689b049615dc705feeb16ecfbb3720b0319a378f12d2bba08
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68fbd5311ae6bf9148c6877c9994052b/lukubipaxavofofi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613232b08a735---barisoxikakirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/1330373756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/minotojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liubeauty.com/luutru/files/50962013619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hh0b97d8is16e.com/userData/board/file/lotezesoluvudibafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/zisonuwowoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents/files/xatawojonerovizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c992e4913---68104160400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulator.com/d/files/pojubobokimomewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/48930238285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142fff141bf5---gabuvudimazobipiwifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/60704294165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/jofasifogiwitagujovitupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/39812210520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupaketixixonaxafepekujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/jepowenaveverelixaruve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcdelandes.ca/uploads/file/disoguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nocleginaplus.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/91934499956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18673537003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nitm.ac.in/nitmeghalaya/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92779418484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckysim.com/userfiles/file/69447926591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozuduwisizaxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=android+tower+defense+no+in+app+purchasesPDF 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_off0000e05e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE05E 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 001b834100cbf2192a63f054f1da54e2be22e6f07eecd739f4ea40359f69e566
font_01_sfnt_off00011067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11067 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001287e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287E 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 06cd349d8188dba7e8195148a0603c623954bfde3dfbc1383bae115ee521a236