Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a646e98e3b231b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 735e5447bfc1b214c3b204bd34e991a1 SHA-1: 9f862fb81c5ba5ced92deed40180e6d7d90b5cfb SHA-256: 9a646e98e3b231b31ebe7b76b992ee7219da3e7f27e71752e31ec1552e70ebc2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external URLs, several of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

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://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42520301569.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c665326cc9c94060e21f2883dc13c8c/15723046422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/luxisuxevosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21067061030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/vafakepuwarawafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/masikipasozagekoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/jitarisumetinakuloribewer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/64770816489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviafond.ru/userfiles/file/gikefukexotufulizamojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zespolbahamas.pl/zdjecia/file/20081263531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctcitsupport.com/media/files/kujovatiruruvumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryyw.com/upload/files/2021/09/202109130814128641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5b455e809---20730641328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweefvlieg.net/userfiles/file/98629726756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbdad7ce39fa9e96e3211faac7df0472/68164878894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/pododobos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210908_220352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fr3q22ldefaqm1no5fkk0lusq/31733872509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/50198375660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/resinuwopevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/fonamivedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_A162DB300D27A9E3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=button+savior+appPDF 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_off0000bb8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB8B 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 7b97191b478b1cfb67118da635bfef6d5bf68bde69afb207f142be4ea08fcfbe
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E5 21256 bytes
SHA-256: ae14973a798f84fe6ae5446ba687ae8eae14d11c49a44d067aeeaa3e6944237b
font_02_sfnt_off00010a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1