Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 968dd32f377d4773…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 18:06:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 457e82f1368fb77a82a0ce7d70394da1 SHA-1: 16ce5a4f1ae76226ea5f0d8c13f566cb16ade8a1 SHA-256: 968dd32f377d4773535a2829ffbb14964654dfd84816e35cc92b3f9c44ca850b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=www+ludo+star+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lifodoxogokobozopaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/94217609749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/rediximimukonojodirufexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/54171039972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/81067684660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/36702613463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/3879169319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/lebetutotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eca2db5d18319f0767a1a6c9b984aa28/rufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/53100528274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourmoneyyourbank.com/uploads/File/ditaterutenebubanuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jawuxusajaxexakifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazduire-domeniu.com/UserFiles/file/judizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamgph.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/010958258092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161456f7dee303---5747490256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/vubonujikejunoxibatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/notabeniduga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b78627f3c67dbcde821ff7acc805e09/75000888310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1630981166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62199620176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/zeturakuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/bopabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/kizasazove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botroul.be/uploads/dasolufodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/kurix.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_off0000d05a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD05A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE871 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 6665796e5edca3d31ce4a2c1300dcf9c7e9b3c7220bcf8953f2415931c891653
font_02_sfnt_off00010046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10046 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 4dcf58dfd9d8254302dd2644fa7b509d88910bde200081ad6a78eeab9ebb452b