Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad59a0f6cc1ddf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:28:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b5d6fec7406c74195ef88c121b9915aa SHA-1: 4d10a4a870daeae50a73bc8bb370a193f7ccc61a SHA-256: 9ad59a0f6cc1ddf323a7c70029fa76656919e618ca3c1976bb9b4ff629c8aba0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of link farms and algorithmically generated URLs suggests an automated or mass-distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/41101371694.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rujiahk.com/uploadfiles/file/7511228305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sb-78.ru/files/file/44595794024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ee8c88af57bdeb5c0fce934779147e/waretiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rolukefefewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79dcb6e319f88a9f06a1983bafe830c6/zesixekari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retowugizogiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/xasekujevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vangphutai.com/images/uploads/files/fefuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352a6bc7c49---rogalajutadagutegotonide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easresidence.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/35469203662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents/files/35920504415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613835134d5cb---33167051067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/diginageladuxoleninaderu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393358754ca---sadagafiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajk-opakowania.eu/upload/fck/file/44920075843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upnbkk.com/file_media/file_image/file/vibovanaxosedogilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/24912156132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45a220ecbf9c0ea68ffd845069a53411/98475958997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/nodadowovasodifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/gasowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozizevewaromebojavemumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blfimmobiliare.com/userfiles/files/96460680215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/tanawafopofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/gimupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=migliore+app+per+pulire+sistema+androidPDF 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_off0000d45b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD45B 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 1956199bbdef10d79778fab3d52c06eb7b36ea03eeaadc27b970feb57d664aa8
font_01_sfnt_off0001002a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1002A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11841 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 67f56cb5ab09f95395cde7385716e1828d1029ad326c20c71c43b8541b2f1c7b