Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c754f9c8b6d4eb3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 12:21:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9ff4e91294697f740677823a1a873edd SHA-1: 173b5f37d91c666e4ee105946ee75d120f88c0bd SHA-256: c754f9c8b6d4eb3c2072be190b997c2a062a38b932ca7fb0c35df710234760e9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hogatoga+app+download+for+android+mobile
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl2006ha0jjvpfrrr0tb22hgau/kilagupebifedilufoxilane.pdf
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/90975284606.pdf
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/marinakotolavasib.pdf
    • https://kurishupally.org/userfiles/file/wezukirelunojiza.pdf
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//gozizibujera.pdf
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28b473dd6526baee8a1ff6449077c8c5/paxidu.pdf
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/tezazugu.pdf
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/60546501112.pdf
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/lubumivisojasaxagaziravu.pdf
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/ganarevewamofogemage.pdf
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4912c9012d---zusivid.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ac05385d2d994b08dbb2e9c72b555b1/218530574.pdf
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nn2rrq7olcq801nrfk6k50gnp/morokexoduw.pdf
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/79349083161.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4af9d6fc4---fumodikuvaveragolepiz.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f06bb684b8---90577208814.pdf
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d435a527f4c9985ce02b4647e9122968/68159564875.pdf
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/93484239983.pdf
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/90176555048.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/346124312.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/siwanigesuzekaseg.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/palulutupijetuzefekuti.pdf
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/96930967711.pdf
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/suliwureridakazat.pdf
    • 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_off0000debc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEBC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ce.bin
ea572228395bc291d6eaba6114962f05c2e624d197cd70430b20be47cf88275f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CE 16580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001220f.bin
076957a0f622c68b72b0c590c4d45da1bd5a93c933ba123e491fb2951490561a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220F 10892 bytes