Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82957e186079d52d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:27:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a34387eb1c734a90d9b760e5708393a0 SHA-1: 1213deb4522b9e9db4d9f7170cf031b20f7a05ee SHA-256: 82957e186079d52d7ecc912c24d8713a53a3ec21d013b11c98eacd0e49c6759a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This suggests the document is part of a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme, potentially designed to distribute malware or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://thietkeweblongan.com/upload/files/44666386258.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/panugelepixuzesasotovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/75641737903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d53489740bbb2900517911a4d0a1c7b/lenunakokisowekarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfc5ab2c92---fajofikenefifenelubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af053eb122862e66e016c16b63448050/34136081921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artedelvalle.cl/gal/files/file/94822232173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/nidurudotipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5b0faf395---51629475084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/xinagikifolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/12259951098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbd29ac811---japagatajofekelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e650e6403fa---gilitipovatubokobigefola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/tenokoporika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e0c40857a---86420970756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/wekedoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.org/contents//files/bujeripagafotudebij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd92cc442ee---pagobimovegubuxonujegako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gobedumapirigivexula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102ceb0a2f7e---mujobasiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/4459495910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjburgerut.com/uploads/files/9392778480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pezovezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/73439205888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160debfada2418---tefekalirosomakovipijawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/kajokasefepibefivakawafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=solve+for+x+find+the+angle+measuresPDF 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_off0000def9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF9 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 244de1fd4c33cd42736f1d2d833d980383a7e28d6b887ae37d521fe99a30b55c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B4 18312 bytes
SHA-256: 79f53dd2abd9b31b8fbf95d1cbfede317777234d499255dcd3c1f3507e5f5b59