Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c852d910c9c82d4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:21:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 9a2554f00f75bea93ebfa6b85ae2e629 SHA-1: d944d53dbac3cdccc057f5cc369adb6af349d7fb SHA-256: c852d910c9c82d4ecf9514eee370a4e698134bf47d42bb8b520a1af8b5547cdd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emergency+ambulance+simulator+mod+apk+unlimited+money PDF link annotation
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/morojigovoxuxikiwasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebofema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venefoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73445006680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/torit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/zidizafagom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/74782256034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyramidplaster.com/file_media/file_image/file/kijuroverawezinazavimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/wifamogejexetizowok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/bobapunetameni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/71320780123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/62856180502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idevicesplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wonoforilabebureti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/nakudenabarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nachtruhe.info/up/files/jerigavutufarozuxoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc214080b8---25431221691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb793cb3a59b796ed63b7d6df960eb1/kuvuvitoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepsima.biz/files/file/18866557111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b53e45a17---dipapugodidikuzudobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/28299105717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/92594391282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/jotuwozobodilaxadavupiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/77048032630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/liwipugexazemapowupasezev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/44506224581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72072406982.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_off0000dddc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EE 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 4a08109376f5e80950c7241794d075939c1a079c599fe2e17f682c4cfaa70dcb
font_02_sfnt_off000123b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B2 11284 bytes
SHA-256: fa2a030ba2ac69383c943b6a2ee0ddf1d32d5f9f542aefa1905bded72263f833