Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9901bccaaa3fedc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 15:15:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 02322871cc60eb572f5b7a495a8972a7 SHA-1: caf95bf2a6ccf958f4600ea6ab5a5c520d2ef55b SHA-256: 9901bccaaa3fedc40433ca17694d2ae54466ecb94d3d2df88f79f15736b1557e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, indicates potential for malicious actions like downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://fu-ko-property-agency.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/xeridizakemekap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/viguwulakuloxafokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407d1693e85---58808402464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwavasapamolevomeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/29555475455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn---42-5cdakyymnnb9ake1az.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30192323895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109162219167342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c82b3d808c---67432374742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/gixurufubawexagofakozavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/gumidupovipilanaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384288b4caa---22639524361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49818901349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amkchem.com/upload/files/10572816303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/22316179209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/90991820422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/74252407650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langyupharm.com/upload/files/45020324404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/41734215446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezefofafolavetadazidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapthagireesyathra.com/userfiles/file/5462173960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/5902218539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=flutter+ios+version+numberPDF 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_off0000e7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7CC 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 6c600a2f98864021e3f2caad2a0e0081fdd3c8453c6d0a81282ec47bfd3b4797
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF48 18892 bytes
SHA-256: 3e3ba521021547135032982c6237ceb91f30925c16b42b9e3badc02ae24a11b2
font_02_sfnt_off00013087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13087 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1