Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c41dad87d68e6ee4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-29 00:10:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: aad6f80dcb3aca69a9365f9f26ffda89 SHA-1: 29ace4c2ba4a73eceefa32c1195ae805eb92d0b5 SHA-256: c41dad87d68e6ee4fc41fb16902f459d2a0bc3677bf62d33154da13cd73c5281
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a likely attempt to lure users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of numerous PDF_URI and PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vicky+tracker+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/27833001622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c3747d0b938e66ef521d5bb27e6dac/64565861493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/geturesebugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idea-web.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gawopipedugapuzadabowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebrinteractive.com/userfiles/file/vamadefufamunira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/nokizusuxukubikuduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukienmiennam.com/userupload/files/damitazatenisepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdientunhk.com/upload/files/pifukero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/66298589702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f371122d64cc67b91505910f84227de0/66054606914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6718e6e877c316f334e876ee71ced023/fovigejedozesulokevana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/42480774720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146c4130a11f---turagitukasufibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.com/userfiles/file/jerugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1day2night.com/UserFiles/file/78793511697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/39591899724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///34804259652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bedrucken24.de/userfiles/file/welujematikuragogavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302df6c163b---45496602942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/44708236957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savemaxint.com/files/file/27537887752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/retititojugofatoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB279 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA90 10600 bytes
SHA-256: b67d0b3ce5567677b93c90e549982307152c8b3d406b087c17f1423a92c52768
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2EE 18824 bytes
SHA-256: 2bb84d24ba834ccba672347c480775a2cd6179277a034e44c8e171488cff9d3a