Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 822eaf94890e0092…

MALICIOUS

PDF

130.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1e2b28d5b7d3bcd8e1c15c8c9248f480 SHA-1: 84ac2f8808853aa9fb3f3be755ad3c700bc7a475 SHA-256: 822eaf94890e00924aa17343bb42713c64746a65676e8a6da2a23c5af7cda9c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=origin+of+inequality+by+rousseau
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdfa766837bec5428f4521d352db68ba/60891515481.pdf
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/kofujodexanufezibapupat.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/fezeluk.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee815db66a---jamukofaw.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf67725f4d---kekezabup.pdf
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078868faff97---tajonuvuvijo.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/76107599399.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a647927ca4e---lovedewuzumowomavibop.pdf
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3f66081aa72f12c251215b0c867890/nonokub.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4oksq2o46h64odrbtneglgbcog/kuzeroraz.pdf
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/nageniniwejalewumej.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnoqa6q5g2l8i2fh5fkvul6fvm/33270846232.pdf
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5000f457fbda2e2a2ca2f2dbec9cbab8/86652361325.pdf
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/52978083049.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c9adf0ec8---mokonij.pdf
    • http://womenshealthcarenp.com/clients/2/29/29a32d4da59f0b4eaa4573e1354aeabc/File/zojopej.pdf
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamesuzoridin.pdf
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/12008418927.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7da14c785---demesugajanew.pdf
    • http://www.scsi.coop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2e6e59495fbd1150ba911edf0781a7d/18406286510.pdf
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/rilisax.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9pu10n1ft4b3cd17gkvh2d8ad5/46217053724.pdf
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mcti6pud1ufv2f5kb7vrfl7k4r/55376810961.pdf
    • http://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/50248798566.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a46c8dc31---vepubopixawuv.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00019be4.bin
832cac6adf3b2a843dfdf4643b84177b447fc90ef3014e45c4610a847a488421
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19BE4 18556 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001cb8b.bin
eec15f436e632ef5f91a43624641d8961f723e7f9b5c41bc7ce7f9ac10217853
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CB8B 10916 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001e4b0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E4B0 16792 bytes