Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82148bd5e7efb9bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:44:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3785601d1f38608e246b72d1806e5f61 SHA-1: a8d7b553e9a72643d2e71f79b68141fe6e9eb1ec SHA-256: 82148bd5e7efb9bd85ad26c39458b67341ab9b073ddd3dbfa51b6b7ae462ff20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm or phishing lure. Although no scripts were extracted, the presence of multiple external URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic indicate the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d11061ea5---79804093320.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dmitrovka-zn.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gamutudabaposemoxorosoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d6fb4da0d---zapuwoladojivude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/74812807198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cba47b612b9da3bfd44e0f3b0034a49/lemibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/pubimutupapezagomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/88486124741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/62275981385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxinigigulugavudugawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/14568989193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9882b688fc---47545994573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/jebotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/42807509181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gch2v9itm6pnu43klqgemojqb6/lebetunovaramudiluvevuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/godukekubidexojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uteambio.com/upload/files/kakegoxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/1316546041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236f2a9706384475b9616e1bf60c3740/70748572544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081878b1ebb7---63082975625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stillwaterponies83.com/clients/74660/File/gozuzemaxusosuxejoluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/movufuwozuxifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/3291376047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76658407656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/84696890018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/4420389008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=alcatel+one+touch+flip+phone+a392cc+manualPDF 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_off0000ba58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA58 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 20107f49635b1878a04d01e3844b46483605afa1a42078d6bdf08cf67a200e2a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD44 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 633978bb09af345a6797453b8cf587f9f5181aa5e1e557eb21d798f7d79d1fbb