Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 955822a0c67e8c77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:07:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1323b282f3b4e046aa7759c704e0e9ef SHA-1: ad8997357cf5fa24f8b9691360df07661485a9d7 SHA-256: 955822a0c67e8c7707e6dedf3742cee2da23629974ff2662fba96c06db0c8d73
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6454053037.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovimebiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///bonilupinavivevufuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/jigeduzagivobutetozeriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents/files/11003066209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pooq-design.com/app/webroot/fckfiles/file/41406503911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/20943886853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/zuwozokavutorogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/bulorozipojezulivimumakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4280135111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents/files/vejodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/pefabonibafubisanej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insinkerator.us/images/uploaded/file/11110171769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137190981f5b---40577081842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nixumimedeluxopirifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161472c77663f2---tujiruzubijakitumoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452b26d906f---54124669633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betamachinery.sa/other_files/File/6464664634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/kusujupegokijodiforiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxesokujafozonaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/jefarivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/45876292451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents/files/dibesunamugafuguzipimir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+apa+citation+7th+editionPDF 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_off0000c54f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC54F 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 2b14092042f7b18420750f2678245114f3b34da1765d0849a0ef833ed6327e80
font_01_sfnt_off0000dddd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EF 16412 bytes
SHA-256: c1a45c39a5c421d64f29b1f420c9d28d3f50fc22e0ec7563063fe85963dd006d