Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9494ca12ac6e2a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:59:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: ee051bd4531f4d4999b10615c390fee6 SHA-1: c9982c704d416088e3ad39ef9e194e878fa90540 SHA-256: c9494ca12ac6e2a0f1c04bb575017d8347fd838bde31b194abe3685493dbd613
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a click-outward action and image-only content further supports the phishing lure attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://falls67.com/clients/50406/File/9894629685.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/bopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ce9278cd7---tavanawelosodolozuroxoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6ngt5s77hl5as80mrenomb0ln/87400931210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/1070034044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/dibugake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ad40a18346---gadeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24398809440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lb9c66m5iv2fqctd3f3ad139b2/kiwotukasojajosuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/malakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-br.ru/img/file/supekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/xamafinuzaromebipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/gavixejidegevifezojusigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90240863319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///62880186927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/bodolokabuwekulekuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakaygame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pogawimosazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/mazidetorovovexokigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norview63.com/clients/5/59/59ba6e1aa7224642a1eeb14435756cbf/File/33380138085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/818386950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/jolujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f40d559b74---79486705324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=stenographer+book+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://cakamuzejs.riga.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jedadedoxakibutikidovav.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_off0000b23f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB23F 14416 bytes
SHA-256: cab27046d20dc4d5325dc7a915653bba406b3ba25b54d85f1d8390c1d2b908f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0B 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 551d09fcee9a18d85621b3f45d664e63c991e956cbccb08a142194bbd0fb04fc