Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82110088a901b75d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:06:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f23c0da3f4d29bd1bc172469d4030ce0 SHA-1: 1b1d5746d9d79fcde632ebca9735357cbba14c6d SHA-256: 82110088a901b75d117c648e686ccac19f642ac2585d237d11e14d6588bef762
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a likely attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure suggests a phishing or malicious redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://epicridesnepal.com/files/2240387804.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://website-design-company.in/dev3/damodar/ckfinder/core/connector/php/userfiles/files/fixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e722246f1---71139413487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f9970738ff32165ffb435d8a904cbc6/farajugakoxononik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/31187479400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/tudovowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/35988620983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k67al8ral5re1hmqdnm5ns8tma/fupipuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/buxiwurozifewoporeruriwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210805002914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verticala.ro/images/userfiles/67048700124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rghsalumni.com/clients/82979/File/84623620889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aqualibramontois.be/fckdownload/file/84956601356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb8656dc1a7d6b6511ae22f42f138ee/betejoganamakesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/11574896480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/jumufovowukipewomazenebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6604ee6bde---livekesulixevetigago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083846714bc5---lomijivewudawila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvhs78.com/clients/68382/File/18578555875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/85168298319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/6408891379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b952d3b4fa---55574171096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/38512969760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/gupuxakoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/banebituzojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/141049342689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=strategic+management+accounting+cpa+pdfPDF 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_off00010f5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12775 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 7a6d20d491ff9d01760c07c19a0306c225e9e21b28529c6b4233face1147302e
font_02_sfnt_off00014089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14089 20828 bytes
SHA-256: 4de5568afe2ab990928068eb4ea01f68c730eac9525815791cf32716b6004dcb