Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9c8c9d469933d70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 16:45:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4cf40db1560f4213606a4388046a3b9b SHA-1: 8d8d44c995d8a37084c796895b8346aff99428b3 SHA-256: a9c8c9d469933d70576b02c4ff1cc7ea082e79a45777937d685d004ec95b374f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution vehicle. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f50a496a57e9f3e7e124cff7213097f5/91356836513.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/zerikonateloroxojokamesuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fca54219f83---boragowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-jardinage.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubejisomifopafisunubepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c4c7517a0d0ca56142aa7f187ec7f4/xanogomofolivezedules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/guxixijerobuzevaxajuvuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/60073011447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02cd4e5ddfa67ef4126657106bfed5a4/61875355725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed878d2a9e2d2f10300c0e094d7274e9/mukogedepozomudogadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotellemaritime.com/hotel/upload/files/pubitosefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//tabusikufetubobigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/gowizidodevikozutavajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c7877f4b382cea460f4e0dcdfecb8c/moxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c71babf2a1---56179866873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/89041341760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d19ab939e7---27070613085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/4885622918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/zojudupijujefujipawiwumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bfcb8e99a---39806509682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/55415647947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/86876621432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/44379914122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=olum+yarisi+5+izle+turkce+dublaj+tek+parca+hdPDF 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_off0000caec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEC 11352 bytes
SHA-256: 25d755da2becf195525f620ed15cdb92cb28fcc3626485b8073205d1e82b6667
font_01_sfnt_off0000e596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE596 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fda8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA8 18552 bytes
SHA-256: 4e5a74f4edb49dc4af24ae9914fe4de5ee51918e155cb7e387968653fe85a28e