Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c9c45783932a449…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-26 09:49:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a2840b51f2b60939087bc0aa5fc49320 SHA-1: 4e95ecb147a3dd30abb615fbc08c3a764bac2479 SHA-256: 9c9c45783932a449c6568b753287800ec3fe9e6050658c44f02eb3195c7a6e63
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to obscure malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious content, likely a phishing lure or a downloader for further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/64769256018.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupebikoselegapidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/janegifusifowugorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/68344367372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jkmart.net/FCKFiles/File/78174592954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/tesizizel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bokavitaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles/file/29990242652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021914138562615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starfoil-mail.nl/uploads/wysiwyg/wibenepilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimmerei-possert.at/popomabukuvukosixori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnjbaduvi6o3h7bpc5d9pvq3m8/87820825209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/43517889027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganganagardentist.com/userfiles/file/60013868459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/rowepafodaraxutogetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gosapahostel.com/userfiles/file/83322971938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/37751429469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents/files/sarumoninudafobefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulabenveniste.com/UserFiles/file/84355380102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zniczekowalczyk.com/user_images/file/33024988854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shastriratanchatterjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52617369547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/29933057141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133453931e98---jekenodiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgxfollow.morefriendship.com/upload/files/61588089691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.offshoreyachts.net/web_upload/editor/files/fexomapowaweniniduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fc94576556---83860976492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+free+fire+on+mobile+with+keyboard+and+mousePDF 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_off0000b1ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA04 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 696008e6f364627e0cd27cb05a42a63446e4d5a338003e487ad2832f95388c82
font_02_sfnt_off0000e41e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE41E 15740 bytes
SHA-256: af0129169c83577a3c099fa3cc3fc5b8a8fc15202d2d75a4826f4ca954bbc32f