Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cd4428dcd8625f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-01 09:13:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fdc5051931a0b1baec2d15583f9c2d24 SHA-1: 0ff0cce111f24fcba420079697a13927e36a1283 SHA-256: 9cd4428dcd8625f7394bfa511d6e55385d0a5864754d546df4591767b56faef7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. One high-severity heuristic identified a link to an algorithmically-generated URL, indicating a potential attempt to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2daslq5k8nd91rtiims4jf124/lovalapunuxowileniliritu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97dc1e0a6b1790dff11c3bcde6c06253/95932303522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjv089ghvdei7li0co06b1v4ni/dabemufakodelozixemapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/tusunanuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/od7462pa605k88i6o61qnkpalj/dosowemodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc66631de0---bovumejifixazenodaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1a4e023a4891f09af8c3e4a4639e8da/55499540975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9f2d0feb9---dikija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/10538873843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.forteks.com.br/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/zezirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineart.online/userfiles/file/2233897136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/gupofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d07a81f697c01cf83b59ad41262b009/68115064153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/soxipunexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/76206049283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iovp1kukpfoeavtbn6rp9634rj/kanamuwasewuxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iiml-pgpsm.in/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/dizofabuvowudodefawifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/rimobemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50af949c3616e450b611d836412a3ddf/79426658010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/tazepamupejisavulozamifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d282bdda9b---gozezopiranovoloniketit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/begivetizalovufisavojiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210707/file/16256537535053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+turn+on+a+powerforce+compact+vacuumPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/66897761226.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_off0000f21e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21E 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 3b371b20ae2bb56c86f911a78afbf41779269bd25aee064e8fd4bb3bfeb7b5df
font_01_sfnt_off00010a4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001225d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1225D 17988 bytes
SHA-256: 03c8d9161b4900fdbf5fe0678fa8f261b3fe19f07c13413f324af85fb1646bdb