Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 957a1f2aa23dd290…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:13:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 72e8ca680c8163c08b32468e288cb04f SHA-1: cd8ad2d2306c4d48d33e438e96d59f7d253e9d06 SHA-256: 957a1f2aa23dd29008f594ca02c32317b64ffd5d218001f9db3018dfd76740cd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moto+g+power+2021+twrp PDF link annotation
    • http://athaj2.specialty-match.com/upload/files/16151728039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/70065906849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/32873569513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nataliashishkina.com/userfiles/file/3878702047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/21642729506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140becb78145---93637362820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/89036669618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronel.com/userfiles/files/34947875414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b367d615d155abe9dddd58de24a5a87b/43698590368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/welovojetebubefufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fatuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdemlerkoleji.com/resimler/files/xidufigiwutemusuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b24ac246dc62a6f54d0b8c7c989140d5/58550327786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kurejixezepuzebovebuzupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b58a13be3856a528680953054736f57d/xufesedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/botasomakuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148e30516d0d---lumosizekujigepotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/40210871915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24897191612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/97606878463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/859be9da4b6a449e78285e81a4ea1290/lidipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofcourselc.com/admin/uploadsfile/99573556962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/luvizikovetadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/80867236643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9ae300d3e---97717690280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D8 18232 bytes
SHA-256: 92362ffa5323dc2814d742de2a89b144c2aba3c71132a86727552ee7b6f3b91b
font_01_sfnt_off0001083c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1083C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12053 10228 bytes
SHA-256: 9a4bb2ab2ec49c5dec786f1ca9329adda5fcd99d395daa9902ccde45156feba7