Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e777f4942cea7529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:46:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b6c404c1692aacfb55770c44bcfb9f7e SHA-1: 2a83e34409fee8c13a6d9c6d2c00bb4bb4e54b78 SHA-256: e777f4942cea752993b867e57af8ecde14a2d1154b135942c6468bc302fbcdbe
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains multiple heuristics indicating it's part of a link farm, with many links pointing to other PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/81861359638.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://accessnepal.org/userfiles/file/gajobakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/zalunipidasakorof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edilcfcostruzioni.com/userfiles/files/ropufodevowufesofeber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/6251467049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac4c918126c977cbadfe4fb4d4ee07af/mutilevurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85267599991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/rulabutopevosozojalatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/18645967559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamhead.net/userfiles/file/2413033116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pjteam.hu/uploads/20249495656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/topupadizalazogilimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/vefodereraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervin.ru/files/file/towilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/6367317891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagedegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardolf.ro/files/25879597800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b554c5815---6670250709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/dalonesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjtvina.com/Upload/files/78343992908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f19e046633---80575575264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-auge-dascier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taxotuxaraxugibuvifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/nobonivewoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c9f8a1ab6---ledelokisevubejakunuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/542ca7e53bf131b656b463b34a6e93e5/wabukanelinoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=custom+rom+listPDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45684472396.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_off0000f27c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27C 10000 bytes
SHA-256: 34e95f5a25aa22be7a07972c30a2bc617d83f1680f22ada36143ce19fea42ee4
font_01_sfnt_off000108ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C0 18332 bytes
SHA-256: 6a4afebefdfe5d7f5d114dd743aee1a4366e39889286894527a3b78e72ddf06e