Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9c0fd9ddac2d126…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-10-10 20:11:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 012615df8a2dd76ed7e541b27c303f24 SHA-1: bf2f42cf7a80d8cc3a2757b665bfccf0cd93719e SHA-256: b9c0fd9ddac2d126e4b05ee7fe125bf570112e2be7f3e5a72ff2abe2d47240b8
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 appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests an attempt to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://franceplus.fr/userfiles/file/movuxanumaweguxodekatazu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/gababinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/62370680079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/zisasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/78029398274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39382870361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/89070541865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/wevefejifenuzatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/wisuxekumenadifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/vedaxakadufiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/sesobigoketor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ff-engineering.com/userfiles/files/wanotafajoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/toxitose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/vewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e282bfde06112bac481966655f5cbd3/jinerakasodaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novo-foto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxemuwosiwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klgd.spokoino.ru/i/upload/files/41997411803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mercuresamuichaweng.com/admin/file/59268869498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakersfield.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/sawosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o484uicb4nj1ffsgrjshea9mud/tawem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/nezosekekelevafubufusobij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n12mngii3ar9orrv20c29nvsr6/telisokewafegowonufami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///72432745070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopetrilli.it/userfiles/files/lerepuxixiwopopogawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/melixizekifotokubabetaped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=can+male+bearded+dragons+lay+eggsPDF 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_off0000d7cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7CF 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 0698546cdb985174dbe6f678487e9980cc2313ab5ff6557c86e8f1097d59929f
font_01_sfnt_off0001064b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E62 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 77317302fcf0f2998fdd960cce6b65a4b99c56b63bf87e3e5d65564f82e1e1cb