Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9f2bd989561a860…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-11-11 22:30:14 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: fc985b6ac5c59f525bba9eaa226268b8 SHA-1: e72a8e4fde89852006f499537b88f29c10068306 SHA-256: c9f2bd989561a86094bfff2fcbaf41617f4ce0900bb44ce037bca30c49fbe0dc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic further support the attack pattern of luring users to external, potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://mgbig.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-27/20210927214339933586.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bm-shower.com/userfiles/files/pigogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glu902k8sb5qdere84vnaoe2u4/milusupugizusaliwifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161807716b043e---16657278495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567fbc23dfc0b2bd160159bc1a52f285/45409597475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunpix.ru/img/lib/file/80634855159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lepetitjaunais.com/userfiles/file/71442686519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ec2ff885bb---zuwepemaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.com/userfiles/files/nisanuzomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jn-zhsc.com/upload/gilarugolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///xezorizukilumipewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9h7k8j1p8jikmd2kveh01cmb1/lesajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/zomudunafepusejazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616f17610aac6---89614979758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/vitole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futiandj.ntgis.com/UploadFile/2021/10/13/file/20211013_074603_173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.renouer-auxerre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6850816238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastshop.ir/data/file/vepazibisanenodopupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/xexusanusujegujisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/67269062323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distant-property.ru/fck_editor_files/files/nijelupejanovafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rilatowebagotipirugelom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houtackers.nl/userfiles/file/62416971338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210923082633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/panipoduwufojobara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/KGDyd8lM0uI/uplcv?utm_term=cry+my+beloved+country+meaningPDF 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_off0000c662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC662 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 45015263e28dbf00792e0fa83ae0fb9123af5110209f191c00797c49350166ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD88 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 682aee70da3f3a54ef9fb8a03d7cb76b6507fe3fd03682c2036127d3f69e0428
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DA 19680 bytes
SHA-256: f43fcc0a1ef42422cd9bc6efbf984b44beedaa8c1d25ddb9b96bc71de508e4ad