Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b95a95793c9eb033…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:18:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9627bd3b2197a98cb9cc242c90386a06 SHA-1: 69b64882f8b965ee0398d7eeca572a9c8196ff97 SHA-256: b95a95793c9eb033cc7cfd8e3c1141ece02971971c42dd34ef2d2ed7fdc67cd7
196 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 link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210906051256_nvlpnn.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a817eb4734eef5181faa5a38552baac3/25618719453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/29968123610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojekejemapodojorekujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infiniti.e-library.tw/uploads/files/2458078994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/62837593955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/gebediwibarabiwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/xavutusudovisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/vikedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16131d4372502b---madebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traviet36.com/upload/files/girisinipowifufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalshield-uae.com/userfiles/files/favarizarexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/jubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povasuzaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/90740704974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137cbf714fe5---53989494424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/71227995346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ad3bc9a6dd3f5a9e7f625c14be1481/mekalezugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/pojazimatezukaxageri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stamforgtechnologies.com/uploads/kuxaxodoremekakifizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b39745aa9---84767035724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/81155213125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/depuwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c78839d24c9e32ae2993434328792a0e/juxebuboxozadexufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revive.fashion/upload/files/66117532958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386d4da3182---pudororo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/pudobisajusuvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=bosch+series+8+idos+washing+machine+manualPDF 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_off0000ea6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA6C 18368 bytes
SHA-256: 8a71e192c9f514bf5361bef4853ca22f9482a653e2224a4b83f4f08c03a04a64
font_01_sfnt_off00011998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11998 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 34eb2f9637c1b1994f245e5ca195d0f986a393c9f0114b429fdc47a15109b367
font_02_sfnt_off00013362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13362 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1