Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91acf67672d9c263…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 05:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 45858485c3416f948b0c368ba6ab8796 SHA-1: 378ef1552417c5bc52cf267b1cbaaca33309c28f SHA-256: 91acf67672d9c2632e1c155733260f37a1cdea3cad500cdd7e939a1519e130bf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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
  • 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://lucann.com/Upload/file/57356565008.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/powimesiweguzunonolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4686d5181---vadaxasagiroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganabatesemomevala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35247172534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/22355430435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2fb2c4b41---1760696768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df9e10572f---zubujagupifunexowanige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc6c88e0ee84917aa03106717a5a9e75/20234251312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609913d46785b---pokitosuzawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/23830741712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801b1ac36df---gemebegikorapikojixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/53442468258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/98399357985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hv18hm3lirqklb3b9k62l44squ/maropewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2b66uesdjd620favaacv8dfnj/sewajokupusaruzorisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46709df00eeabc176fcecb7eef469e59/fawopegesudedagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca1ceac9ebfbc4af70d02b639bc7beb7/42766320078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a91d5cc070f14633ba632458f091d911/pixovenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb066493df5e6cf560c5383375b9b1b/12039846325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/96318224588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowitech.vn/upload/files/kugobigurituzimitetedamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4ee01055f21dca73b2477d5c2ba8f37/bokajibipunoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0224b557e---30757406381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61c06c428d---43106332732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de46da9e41---56286955456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=top+5+richest+man+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_off00010e59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001266b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266B 18964 bytes
SHA-256: 2e5de6b62d914190194564bf98f118e5e35f61f1444e8494c7cc5e1fa5758297
font_02_sfnt_off00015749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15749 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff96fc25b5534b9a2d7cff502b9f3d4e151d26298775202ee7ac945ee80ad39