Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 991d48b1048d69bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:42:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4b307a2712d1e8fb4fb4819bae8a94ff SHA-1: e207225adc4e21717b7802bf8e3e556a1f772115 SHA-256: 991d48b1048d69bb337c7312d70d365800b28dc4133c443349a25865619b2fe6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise, likely leading to a malicious payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d96b0f1e75b997cdc0470b131b766360/21861251410.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mobspace.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/70598803777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servicedental.it/userfiles/files/38749270856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inphilong.com/upload/files/74938560185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epwuae.com/userfiles/file/tezamegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itps-group.com/uploadfiles/file/27547157823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magumixezugobapipadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/namotaketodarelokizawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67188469073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/72858331363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34885014961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b649e133f---jetinafiguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketulaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paramourpourbebe.bettygagne.ca/userfiles/file/zewal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciela13.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/moxapilimajobugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/images/blog/file/vikidogovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c0aef9708b---guwexuvafumotapejebififul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/91650913473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135eb3254c4b---63782085198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosefkuchare.cz/userfiles/85495953619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutipatika.hu/userfiles/files/fupinifovutosokitariri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210910102152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6t425239tbq1nqskp8udqv4b4/25062024420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofedenowakixabaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=unity+car+games+unblockedPDF 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_off0000ec1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC1F 18456 bytes
SHA-256: ec79bafa0a6e6b5dbe188c57852db44e9be6cc9bab426e1358599b028ee94efd
font_01_sfnt_off00011b2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2C 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 6c37eb64ba501e0b47a2d29ba41dc64865b5f88c4796da632d93c095331e2171
font_02_sfnt_off0001351e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1351E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1