Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d70d66d17253341d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:47:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 75fde5dcb8f18e370ed603080bb7750e SHA-1: 6587da3ad4c8d7c1d8f2c2bb29574308085f2957 SHA-256: d70d66d17253341de0efd1c74c499b28caebf3ac782b72865e45bd8ce7449c0d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or 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 potentially harmful sites.

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mod+of+angry+birds+2 PDF link annotation
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexawaxanatujopusesunesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909091606137197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/50723387611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.net/data/cms/file/68959245287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents/files/62286012971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/21929295242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11hkdhcp2pvbi6r3i1tjohbsg2/buxikelaxazesuzuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/fidejamenekakojaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/wukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtowniagrafit.pl/userfiles/file/90135862108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/dopetaluzedunivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/1578138876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/midebigojumedefeduxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intemhathanh.com/img_duhoc/files/galitinanovezukenawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmsone.com/eimages/file/8743291375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/vibugevamazafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/29933057141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bgin620tlt21pt2t6g7ime6tl/80545416055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casavacanzesanvito.eu/userfiles/files/12837198251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/1445553001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85017120426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/088ed72495eee866ff3e15116b884bba/zokozisufewoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbazes.lv/images/userfiles/files/34019055268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links-europe.com/images/blog/file/17825226605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/zevuvoxurifudukepixosora.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_off0000e4f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0A 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 134d6a6b086275880dde84b6f4edff3c13fd82616b47d475106b0cb12f13f7d0
font_02_sfnt_off00011544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11544 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 4ee94a471d05ca0c9f6894cb7b4b8a5bf8f933a3fbf31c9ae2ab69a44a26a7c7