Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82a22569b38e0d68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:24:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: af249346038daa1063251589d889a79d SHA-1: ee93bace6d74e9baf977a9b10c8c317e5b9308d6 SHA-256: 82a22569b38e0d682fb8194eea62dda690cb4d8533873284f0b586c592f028c3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF structure itself is also flagged for duplicate object bodies, a common obfuscation technique in malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://clinicaveterinariacabianca.it/file/94796089955.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/mirezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa44a14e8c7---10854757323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807b0b4c92b---furameluwejisejibokad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/xuvekebitazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcfdc7f94879dd8d2bdaccb6efbc27e2/titulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/xosunukugedababuviked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hpgj7a59qmdu0us555ifqniio2/ladujeradujakijibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/fubipupufijofusezigaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/gunageruvosusatujaget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/81746981811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce45uj8ed4kihprdnsc5sq2em6/zeverezuxofopifirefeleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/17317298033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/refoxedujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/nenogifoxanavekejuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc2e535ec3---jikajibijusasusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazivevaxoragotizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7ec8ac1c4d1ec2852702f62ec31bd9e/nevutopepixofuxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystaltrade.hu/data/file/87970708352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ee926a93c---69850615239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/706a6536d6d350cbdd801c65faa68005/nunedokodasalirafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48345a2115---losajebuwesedepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceeeb992b0e147fdb5badbf119f25e3d/61180139306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=morse+code+key+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_off0000daed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAED 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 34b117d124b03808600e1c6c85995d55433ed2fd7c561a2ed934ea203a5719d1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f25b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF25B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6D 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 18ff7b4779edf845a87f61f1c8dc0421ed73022f6f9a53812bfedc7ab3e025fb