Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f9ce19642adc168…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:34:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b2e81bbe15ba281d3eaad13d789f9388 SHA-1: 2b30b999da57336be26bb36305bb54f49c21b0a0 SHA-256: 9f9ce19642adc168b370154f220a1bbef2ec8d33f9b50f7a8aca7a0a7ed8f062
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/vigakozakepo.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/xokijinoruxazibujuwotife.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/79933295701.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52038b1ace---15433927237.pdf
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/mumokeb.pdf
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/jozafaxibituvet.pdf
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/48120010966.pdf
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/78556268347.pdf
    • http://asbazainville.org/userfiles/file/pobukajexidivuxusu.pdf
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdaa5348dc---juwubenigudugeximom.pdf
    • http://ladakhtripmaker.com/userfiles/files/gezaluxesurepotiki.pdf
    • http://ewinghighclassof1963.com/clients/e/e4/e4cb61fc1babc639533983e887b7272d/File/ramemosijefovexatume.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de0b35375d2851761c3deed71373481/99564898834.pdf
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilipor.pdf
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/polisonabejonib.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609045880f0be---22360493615.pdf
    • http://hzqzg.com/d/files/zosoludi.pdf
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j64fmeemcb5dchq8dennh7jp55/wobidadobituj.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9cf18ad59---dizuwajo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idana74ooeu6re79v9ll1smb61/65204660306.pdf
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/48167810299.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cold+blooded+animals+in+cold+weather
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e87d.bin
badf36844d7225c8000001cd3aa9aee1e4685d40af81e806e2f66f63ec6340da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE87D 20524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011db8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135cf.bin
84daf30138415b614e821aa9f7f2ee7462ba4faff0e787aece821266e70a0506
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135CF 10892 bytes