Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9948bfb5d570014d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:55:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fc5dbb7030f0f2e1682eedae0b1b563b SHA-1: fc4b38d6abf9a9ac6404a80939eacace618f8608 SHA-256: 9948bfb5d570014d2b24c0447474c97ffd5d7fed4299021453f20957b5b12283
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' specifically points to a suspicious URL, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physical+therapy+for+knee PDF link annotation
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/40335771687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070407f7b2c8---digipige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c4b876fe4c77f415a455da2a793fd1c/liwefabibadigexonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2eeca236f0---kejesarojewulavurajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b09b530c32620d7cb230dde180dfa0/79625286818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/37345454989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd70bb15508411f466262b1b854410a/98918683291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/popif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098af699e5be---godewowuwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idvirjtnn2ho9ba2i8h19vk6ua/bixoxexutufolizawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/08/21/lazajeranowodufimifizixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd1d5027e507be94c2a88f454a5c9a10/42841200958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4e85424bd9e796970038b209e8e7a6c/tepalujozupasigozanebavuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g34e2qje6i0efibl65ci699g08/68744271355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/806a27e9c30daa0560c018d58fb982fa/masipanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/65610871414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f64027b76513e526f0bce80f009e73f/sukalizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/vozakirilisesukoxuwutag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3will.org/soubory/files/kigevigedazitamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/57640229337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekreativecompany.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/kosidixowogokezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ln80.cn/filespath/files/20210810104647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/tokexefibikuloguputiw.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_off0000e9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CE 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 7a26fdcac10afac05286035c25d64009f84f9479e26694c2ecdac0b1d1f8f2be
font_01_sfnt_off000102a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ABA 18396 bytes
SHA-256: a4149c62af273d793f5c29944591a4ad5a62ee47eeb657f26882c3f333f147c7