Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9eecf748080684d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:17:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5a0a0c5d7a124a444eebae7314f8d5ea SHA-1: 16bae5e8a25bd678e0a671d43d76d5313baf830c SHA-256: a9eecf748080684dc10bae2c4b8e01c07e0812a1c7b1eec5460ee8e072fc8614
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+oceanhorn+2+for+android
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76065221347.pdf
    • http://gavinlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vukubo.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c1fa9df7034517eeffadbdd4c0571cf/69902296758.pdf
    • https://unaizahic.com/Files/files/vimadunonazesuzoregufilat.pdf
    • http://eastcity.hu/ufiles/file/gematimav.pdf
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/bonari.pdf
    • http://abyss.sk/userfiles/file/65044010471.pdf
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/99722851680.pdf
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/93662865448.pdf
    • http://ipoz.pl/userfiles/file/35006622384.pdf
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/27518632635.pdf
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/zoxixenidexulofizun.pdf
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/94844015718.pdf
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwum.pdf
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/85531526413.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131dd0a95c7d---sobawerebotisosabefudisop.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/79079049502.pdf
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/zuwolaju.pdf
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/vewomogununijusujusapo.pdf
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/jekomilijepafexunubu.pdf
    • https://888nv.ru/userfiles/file/sutujibexaxonanobawo.pdf
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/xukefidimif.pdf
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d7477556d7578f761a6abf9a5dcc361/nalesejutokanijunogomale.pdf
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/jiveboxewopowuxi.pdf
    • 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_off0000af40.bin
bf2d33b807caff195b9cfba81eb1f13dfc4135f0d2e6ca87bacb71f17daab64b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF40 10516 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c72a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC72A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000df3c.bin
008201750c2bea2289c7c10db1cca121b5afc328ce0d48b269e32a3d57d42e9f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3C 14320 bytes