Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be77c42ccc388aed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-11-12 21:17:07 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 18da9159de2c4857e1bc9473de35682f SHA-1: fb50406b3f5a1ba850ae8c2d5623ef0e57086242 SHA-256: be77c42ccc388aede9cef7356c026d009f366d25293e910d6ae019ef8b44989a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/49907272636.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://questymeca.questyme.com/userfiles/file/17412059751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/15859036792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhhangvien.com/upload/files/65114616148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/nerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allefrgycg.news-read.com/upload/files/27401832656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20211026103857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202110272104012281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/61881391227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9m7knj1ds9b78s78l2mo7pfkm7/24043242924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/257b6bd7383ade81b1c8116c2f71edd8/luxelekeforizije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18139820048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.com/wp-content/uploads/files/3864629939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marjoleintje.nl/include/userfiles/nufiguviribagafejujaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepoxesolibalir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd410cae56e36691a5e327d0a51f066a/82791682604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/wewojusutaxatabawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/70164537422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/zoxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161520627c2a56---bapagidevuranuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shareen.persianfreegate.com/share/admin/upload/files/nugupasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/xesijegade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/97632267845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109120248296248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/25064722335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4545803015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/vItLtdF7Pec/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+nationality+of+the+rockPDF 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_off0000c583.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC583 18244 bytes
SHA-256: b2c51a29e1210cfe9d266998de54743267bfdba6bd9036f98a914b89ca46fe3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f54c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54C 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 45015263e28dbf00792e0fa83ae0fb9123af5110209f191c00797c49350166ef
font_02_sfnt_off00010c72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C72 10632 bytes
SHA-256: f63f65cc7fd63c708de28242e826b2b554d594f943ebba15811abefe5f3c8616