Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1aed9b62c21b867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-08-30 21:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b71ebd3bb4c5eaf79e2d015fb8a071ba SHA-1: b3fee3285381d6528d33aa8829dccfa5c2765f57 SHA-256: f1aed9b62c21b867f3013cb26e67a933a052a4238bddc0eb972da93a17fe630f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of external links, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites or disposable domains. This suggests a link farm or redirection strategy to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+lesson+topics+for+beginners PDF link annotation
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210725_8BA14EB3471FCA40.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/zomawepopolexunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/51569966012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced619edf5ccd37448e934a604496d85/52191789666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ybshajiang.com/userfiles/file/2021-07-24/210724165944666546f5mgy1aehr3k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alev.az/userfiles/file/katoziwawitugusezodigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relatives-united.com/clients/75139/File/dijepibazirejenidebege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/48411910150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandartsindex.nl/images/uploads/88401310082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5f30088da---mevobeminodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5431ea0c9e---lezigedodexiliwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lws-realestate.com/userfiles/files/duvapovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608165fa7f535---5425787929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk77v6ca4v24e5f4oues95edmn/85876829894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/88746013060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7ff1c8c0f---jidapalajileduvitebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d866cf4254d---38638691560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/68735856450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11e5453758---xodefisanekomazidexefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/25998351794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/542bd4f6ee04fbc1c62b057fdef1d70f/27967111978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021062502084673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/31866286742.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_off0001144e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1144E 10720 bytes
SHA-256: e863fcefb077dd16a769a10b3c3276a6056074e25f0bf1340342e200f64473be
font_01_sfnt_off00012c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C8D 18236 bytes
SHA-256: e7b4b4a1e9c2a241ff659ab23ca39b05593caafe1d4d08a7afaccd9ad70c862e
font_02_sfnt_off00015c61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1