Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82a7e3dd379a86bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 22:16:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5232ecac7a9091f280032aee7660e9a5 SHA-1: 4b4ac3dfda1d7ccd59bce9543bfaf3d1558184bd SHA-256: 82a7e3dd379a86bccc6897cc3ee06ea2878f803901ce24c1fb06563817588ba2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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 http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/65607773541.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://24x7taazasamachar.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/girudapubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbmedax.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/mebivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captainkillmite.com/uploads/files/202109071737569144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metnar.pl/web/uploads/files/fajitufogofaguwevure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamphucthang.com/images/news/files/49890791596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/rusumukolukufomekotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/55682617381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somkuthyoptika.hu/editor_up/bavolowadisemewodelapano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f919da277---60420302916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nwdglobal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80196024695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/jovabopexewokaximukitix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/gineduwukixiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borgopitti.it/userfiles/file/47508837127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/65026761796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306b1aa1233---38943028129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/82545894610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maimungkorn.com/UserFiles/file/58129122798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ec1a858cf---23098135920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89580233298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b04ec21e8f---lowuxaxaderimegidajamato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210908224738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f10bf2c8c---tefemofilizele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/wuwanofuwojegajamuvoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=converter+exe+to+apk+onlinePDF 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_off0000d46d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD46D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC7F 17240 bytes
SHA-256: bae978f34fa09bf3396aa94cfa5cff15bb3d90bb98afc0cadf2920f7f8066ccd
font_02_sfnt_off0001193a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1193A 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 01ecb04857cc54954ca25df5185907ab1e812c8684df5cc103d009e310b708f7