Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e271ef96069d47f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 03:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7e32cec8ed793dea681d3b429b222a34 SHA-1: 20664de88e3913f8a3fd20e33c940c91110b6461 SHA-256: 9e271ef96069d47ffc812012f161251a56d5070ec1b2055d6b1d2278cd3316e3
204 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, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://vers-ma.de/userfiles/file/72576023949.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a73eae75d---28086771160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgekc.com/media/userfiles/file/rokefatuwomatarinupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/bezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juganetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugiwaxumapedanero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brbud.pl/userfiles/file/22097273126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145cddf30cc0---46030541268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/33912639278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://potlista.com/file/files/68097955156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topflexsports.com/uploads/15050821180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/97385567691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a263a9879---diganenimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/tanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hantechwelding.com/userfiles/file/2021091321494573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/faxizegejuzuwavupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinshifm.com/userfiles/file/larewivomapilanero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/10026101801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0e497fcbac43a9a1f912a88b00dc669/46455348425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stotex.rs/files/ladofikobibuxevosavob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/govevuvezodobojulalagegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210905102707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ichapps.peaceofworld.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/68255946568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/74187370884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=free+calls+to+usa+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_off0000ce74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE74 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 451e65b8d1845e2e785ab48665f52268dda7d29088f2ee3da9368520fb3d17cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE631 18148 bytes
SHA-256: f7b78b799777b3e4499debbfa712e9d2443f37862a8ca9cbd9979a45964f4ceb
font_02_sfnt_off000115b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1