Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b09246e9ddfcb773…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-06-10 07:28:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: f6c7d3d24587d75768e9560a428d67ab SHA-1: c54722aad49a00e26e2f2f35ee62bdbe355258bc SHA-256: b09246e9ddfcb77362f595f1ef25a480b86017c04f19a78906d2eab96fd8863a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely a second-stage payload. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'Gta vice city 5 apk obb free download for android', indicating a lure to trick users into downloading what they believe is a game, but is instead a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vice+city+5+apk+obb+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5c069c091---18649593823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotalongbien.org/data/dulieu/files/dobuzalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mag6ap4spmsofuumu2ai88iv84/bojozoxonatovitafumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a8469c29d---jexuvutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/vewivigipofopisobezarimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/lumopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7pn2f4mqn21rcgelroe298d96/59574744708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/nalitiwebesulina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67e9ae69db971615eab67f853ec3608e/98095341246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/48366319820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccceda3842---35604581110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/tuzomupituzamawebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/88315685952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9f0f4c18ef7873086f5e01a53336c7/pazazajajelugofeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c7a0d2cab---49581869217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d8e18ab402a3c883f406ebdaef6af3/26126891917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/saruvojomuraxupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f46ad9767f---980291967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E4 5584 bytes
SHA-256: 4abfb76c4be5747dfef91b8128e3c461b3be5aadebcf4f07e9196ed4dfdcd40c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f91b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF91B 10364 bytes
SHA-256: f1ee7a6b76c3a5555c2cfcb5293237ef1807a9c7ed7552f80428c130a648d899