Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c5b47fd83cc1d04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 01b381e1ad19e12d4806c4f5c45a82de SHA-1: 5f8ef6710129720705d5db682cd6691fe7015405 SHA-256: 9c5b47fd83cc1d040e16de696ce8a29fcdb82195695f8046b4b05225e14bac6d
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'Remote-support tool lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect with such tools, a common tactic for social engineering. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=photo+id+editor+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://tbeaindia.com/userfiles/file/xetilazimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giminanetow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m3re8n6l6s5i2ic8hri723lc3/45366703844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/69317002878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5592588828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ddb15365b---niwidazadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mylin.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nufujozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/20239319705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/34313144281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestocktool.com/d/files/87536467129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/44241566895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/22263242487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmnn.ru/userfiles/file/92330544781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e4e37256c---musadakideri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingatlanfelugyelet.hu/uploads/file/kudirevevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proart.by/media/file/vezosiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomingmakedonia.com/files/files/wenesofaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49121665552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3430100350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reha.bg/content/upload/file/41964158490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zidevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4cb9e061352839ff3486a0d7027ed31/52416840969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cb7891a38---6653184975.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_off000178bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178BB 21080 bytes
SHA-256: 75ddc5abc70662c1fda882727f7792a498feb1effc3e35003ad9f1491c991204
font_01_sfnt_off0001aff7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AFF7 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 391b2361990ca46bfe97555d1041f33f9143ee4ec15da9c46f88f8a669f484a2
font_02_sfnt_off0001c711.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C711 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1