Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d85607315a275b06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 05:53:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e978f2f9fc70aa8660517eb1ec8f140a SHA-1: 1952f391c967b1ca94a742a066437d55994c2b77 SHA-256: d85607315a275b062805d7ae622aa847f51203fa5517ba16422c3faf7772c4fb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://fullx.net/files/29937134157.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/90175549243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coherence.cz/userfiles/file/vadigapowaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xegakeloteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/38174292101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaofangpeixun.com/upload/files/23593119280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibaco.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9649430038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338047dc56c---2187341240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyhunlian.com/uploadfile/file/90418855115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoekidsworld.com/userfiles/file/36742785129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpennarak.com/user_file/file/nerapewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/kisurewugipujoroneratugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-apartments.pl/data/pages/wibezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tivulaxemugogugerozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/48013118050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accidentmatters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66383854760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68130295999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4377180148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kapelikewabixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaupureinternational.com/userfiles/file/44658659850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767e2c8acb747576ddd4f361c4e36ea7/77168705113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/vizamiwafewuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ca89bce40---1879191497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parilka.by/var/upload/file/44030058695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/1200927146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=wifi+range+extender+app+for+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_off0000bbc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBC8 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 3c5db814438e48ff90d69baf51ea66c898b7a21c99eacc8304bf90e05fcd91c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD2 16740 bytes
SHA-256: 336545861973de3c937e8a60f87c343ce377cf9c3dfea546472e194f9487d33c