Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c91a81184e34ad0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-04 15:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6591dee8fc9fa8bcd4ce64e0d3580a3c SHA-1: 0b242d9296e14d486c9e9a17a52cd062d770f10a SHA-256: c91a81184e34ad0dff0e33fc78526ddaedc597fc525cf8f5aa74fe5777704e34
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm and points to algorithmically generated URLs, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely attempting to redirect users to malicious sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://otczenacts.com/media/files/75657204765.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b769cb32aca---94927700911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samtee.com/admin/images/file/wosenejaronolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0594335293---kowuluxemefutafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61480223568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62ebe6c80d761f72ade3f0b13ddeb278/59696438920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c35a319b1d75fbecb2fc34a51f264d11/zexanuxoworurala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/orqa70sguhc6ld5tmbt5ur1oi1/7173296260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e96ca938474c84304fd7e69ea15ff6e9/15096651617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/79523975730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/ferakubukegaruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avvocatoboretti.it/file/78285083003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e962b244bcde173b10e2c9fc1017563/jomidina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinwoosmc.com/userfiles/file/bimol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/tefenaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/33870489723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ns0crqq26givbib82fto9dpar/59573949493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nl2eqag3pu9f34qnd26m5t984/lotonikime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/92875908712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210529_45C7CAE076AF4A9A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/84728506002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/xiribulutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b272e6049---vekanibese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbf1f43e1fac1f2a76706950b7abeac/budejewixatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73a04179d901ea361c79004c4195d1c/tasutixana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=gnib+appointment+app+androidPDF 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_off0000ef43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF43 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 9466591be5887ad5cbb308753f1bcee981c6e835f7bf04aac0a002552f21eb85
font_01_sfnt_off00011b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013375.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13375 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 2997468aceac1313d7536addf44c75c09f1e7c65924616ca5f43739edfdbf42b