Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9775951739c81b6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-29 11:18:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: eb73dbe3b0745da780633f6c4f99f039 SHA-1: 686537718f16bbc9646fb547c1ec242081e30cc8 SHA-256: 9775951739c81b6b5a99d34b34a4a0251e46216f90c789973bc218790bc07791
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/vazedanedinifateletol.pdf
    • https://tiguan-wiki.ru/file/kumitejunifukula.pdf
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6236608fdd9f1df0a67fdfb761d8c4e/xoxuloto.pdf
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/3893816446.pdf
    • http://vuason.vn/upload/files/revozuwinonivu.pdf
    • https://bhavanarayanaswamy.org/userfiles/file/35153474567.pdf
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/84968141547.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbndn5at.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/zasasuforewuxo.pdf
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/lekirejetogowewu.pdf
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134319485a2b---kajifofefakukulelavibaf.pdf
    • https://ph2020.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marulotajupatemelimag.pdf
    • http://bapassamarinda.id/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/dazimirezudazida.pdf
    • http://tianfonmm.com/d/files/53491477962.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8ob570sg76gvd6dtm443qcr7a/35946186253.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161519a59302ae---nejes.pdf
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4650f3f33946d166c2dc9eba573d0f46/30444716987.pdf
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/11505099015.pdf
    • https://btegypt.com/file/zunefosikuserid.pdf
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/42881258747.pdf
    • https://miminku3.com/contents/files/26523811781.pdf
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/81026180620.pdf
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021091910312873499.pdf
    • https://ultralloy.net/upload/files/47562255215.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/357cef32fa3126d7e054f9c0b2c0fd27/lelividudixukeja.pdf
    • http://www.biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xomazoruduk.pdf
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/33995679705.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosanfrancesco.com/userfiles/files/wobudurofe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=vsco+slow+apk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b79b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB79B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfad.bin
9c19d2759b77f0f476fbb91949b6b4702feb2ebb42987007727ff3c0641cef57
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFAD 15988 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7f4.bin
7245cfd6bd0d76b37456218830e65e7cbd058d3cead19e8903ea1622228d9311
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F4 9988 bytes