Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82546dce6edc1981…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:32:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e621c9ff1a8f26f3c3c72c7cdd219819 SHA-1: 4118fde0ba99f2d1ecb20dcc9ab032aa3efb7bdb SHA-256: 82546dce6edc198177a447d555692cce9f3f182c4b6862dba1fc41d03ca9f738
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mcgraw+hill+connect+microbiology+quiz+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/wuperurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821ac5425df---mawedakorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/pigezonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/fuveganajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee4eb40ee7---lokubabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbda5c45686b91026b3c4350a8c9b3c8/xabalowalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fed5f40ea16---zosogagixuwutewejiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb782e582bf65f11cef96c6251e3c2dd/53643206409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f9d463045f8eae65a6e3bbeec5c7eb/xoxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/24760945831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/luzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118650739c0d---80534694206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/8580313873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6b79e73e5---54902149124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098225b73772---5436753645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclassof71.com/clients/84987/File/fedowojegatudisunev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/64573000438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/masosaselozorexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5392842a72---forazetutenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myapartment.de/web/editor/files/nevepufonevakosiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domesticsolutionsagency.com/userfiles/file/soguwedezaxuwixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65402774552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/nowidexoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dbd4f143d8---51804594333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cc93c4f17d8d17569283733497a8e18/93182565814.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_off0000b8a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8A5 13856 bytes
SHA-256: e931d7fae0bc149d5f6c6557e419287353f73405c9ae6a814ee194bc873ab3c6
font_01_sfnt_off0000da91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A8 11316 bytes
SHA-256: f4545e35877b0300bc5bd35ca0d1d4622441ef46b9e5fe24410d7e0cba42feb7