Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9f35c7e7a25c47c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

130.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:52:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3d59b437a112a01d2671df5036f11bf5 SHA-1: 208aced90e9c2656e0edbe75eac7042792cdb613 SHA-256: b9f35c7e7a25c47c9286917194f1bba48403ff2541428a1e879ab57697fce786
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a likely attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector.

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 http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/22983422625.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa6279ec993199cfde2286467417eefc/kitalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/8124271954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giriwagidupexoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.samuitns.com/image/upload/File/jusak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/32809842907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/naniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/zuvamonexofekozinukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/96557032466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/tefekopuvetixuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1fef10fc3a9c1a3f2cc7b3f8cab0746/gesixipapakufaxutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f80054f7c---panolexijuxevemilude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f43a64acd1cd94c4f2ef32da23fc1fa4/jasot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/050ccffc9a3298112a55a1587d49b8b0/tujakiwiwujadoxejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f40f81ff8---xiporuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greffedecheveux.center/upload/ckfinder/files/18535957876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ket7f1dlr07i5hj31b2mtfg0m7/kizalesoliweranijanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7u6kjs04hqkoaatuk48jpdu283/fipuvoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/94807806894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d21693c31a---18645570121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/gijubedulebururidejusavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/bevogaziditomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caacf744446---90035392370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7eac7c153---kididuzitobiwovanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=middle+school+orchestra+music+pdfPDF 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_off00019c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C7A 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 683d362719b8d316fe2baecd4d0f27ac2d6a59f9b188660434573c779d5d93ab
font_01_sfnt_off0001b590.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B590 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 32fa1a5202e2853f209b84c502007ad6ab2e85c29f3c5b714ed45bde7520470e
font_02_sfnt_off0001e358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E358 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1