Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9105b51d48c65566…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 23:31:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8ca367e7ce21eb0fa232a5622f11a8e7 SHA-1: 894cd31022dd7547a43b06c4213900679ab3ccce SHA-256: 9105b51d48c65566b911422e6b34fbbaa7bb18f94f55c8ee091c06cf8a7ece96
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious lure designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e04ef2917acbdbff2ea8ea86a1e1745/83813651487.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/79496270655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7279389f5---sabusekitogikeloxikudew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/32704892729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/94105928804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60984c715c---44325439473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e73ebca4dd---dufenorajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f017c0bedc4dd9d3904411a01153d351/lubepukojirafekeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ac49eab71d64f2cc5f5f0694802aab1/62782925029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210522171254793999h1230c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7714a0bd8---80749749841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c395cbf47f---gabidamapugukenige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d8fe13dea---13787079115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a100b66fe83---vedapitigidupaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/perekusadipuxavazajawemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f45f822a8a520221797830fceae5bdc4/7803016241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dsami.org/uploadfilefiles/bowirimivemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b520rl97valc6cg4g5ehcp0fl2/42566380034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/guxazamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d265666617---53277657859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a62bbdb94692144a838f34ff29cf1d9/27549480631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/7317143474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7881b9b502---34266256736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fe3563fa1---19658432723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/062c7289cd823883c22ffc3eebdd8134/venamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=three+letter+words+beginning+with+gPDF 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_off0000fd40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD40 18284 bytes
SHA-256: 95aeba323ad2ce2fc8b906c30440c8f2126a0613204fac6004593c3fa0d7a595
font_01_sfnt_off00012cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCA 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 5f16c82c24563d1117637b3c5aceda4c1559d5274e88ffb302571354c86f87f6
font_02_sfnt_off0001449e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1449E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1