Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c5de9200adf5667…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-30 21:33:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dca56772fc84165f947cdba8a9032c2e SHA-1: cf51d81fb1740c69dd8f21c64983826f4b5d2df6 SHA-256: 9c5de9200adf5667094011a0b776fb6e10364966b8574e4b5c6cd124d6acef30
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs suggest a pattern of redirecting users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+collective+noun+for+beads PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/93498456480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a416eca9d2e---tinixabapilatumitolubapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/16703260191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/36850243733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/rixakazezujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8e1b6979f---dogulobakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/navosidajifamajavatubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/34590335457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqskoho5uujmbmloipj6e9iba0/tapudemutufutosilodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/54698736955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/jopufiwufitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c7c7999e4175c3ece462f0c1f8ba4c2/83478710096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c733e8144---sisufuwuworitijexumume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/80312571979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/muvovadovewesuwixofep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santaclara.com/wysiwygfiles/file/movosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5tkflq62ohfi7730okgvmltjn/vugezetogefesawululojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/34058348884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3b730de04---94566124775.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/51621740143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075befe3d223---79422680011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb623bd1b7---fivejamabaroxewuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/labavifazupawotavikifofot.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_off0000deec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6FE 17604 bytes
SHA-256: a665e4a8d342311901c816fa601978b267c513b9d0e7fc16cac0d4cc579290f7
font_02_sfnt_off0001246a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246A 10872 bytes
SHA-256: abf1c60a0a7584f9ff30ee02daccd6d8267069ca78470c3df52fa8b6fe691652