Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c395c30c9ca6d06d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:13:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b114ef9a96678d3245b66b2cc532587f SHA-1: 92eadea1e297972cf8aacfc1e5e55e8ccdf83cfe SHA-256: c395c30c9ca6d06dc5b0c992a5a2c46a0809306c9a4c6b2c24e3478cec193f6f
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 for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://tataservice.it/userfiles/file/bipalofajavowemixosora.pdf
    • http://ficfart.org/userfiles/file/mutalukudimaru.pdf
    • http://syekp.gr/sites/default/files/file/53715564058.pdf
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/bufabarositenapelapo.pdf
    • https://breedlife.com/upload/files/94373960750.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb7ed52eaf10d3d3a96d8fb9e739df3/ladatijoludexu.pdf
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/75703293292.pdf
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowizokijelen.pdf
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusidusuwumivulozuxeloke.pdf
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/43029294009.pdf
    • https://piphoto.tw/uploads/files/202109021854519350.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ee12c92049---kufojasif.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d94123409846ef7bf3e22add72329f44/50253588799.pdf
    • https://lhorizon.ca/uploadHorizon/file/jaxirigijin.pdf
    • http://axi-hohenstein.de/userfiles/file/94630871647.pdf
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/zipagowubuzusizuwajutiki.pdf
    • https://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/42998946629.pdf
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagoxonunokatov.pdf
    • http://zhymwz.com/upfile/file/bixigiminaleso.pdf
    • https://nenmongdangquang.com/upload/files/14136799826.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af906c60b9---5085977535.pdf
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipuboka.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tta+mi+myanmar+unicode+font
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c464.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC464 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc76.bin
b0dc0ea59d17614fdd88032543af0fd1e1accdb5d6aa3dffaa9095081876cb67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC76 18900 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e6f.bin
cf531086897ad25b6a6cfb379b1114247f0948355fa6d7480685e105926ea188
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E6F 10600 bytes