Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82adc757a6aa0381…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 16:06:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 272d7e7c5264d21026c3a69f840395c1 SHA-1: 54c47b8c900e2d0edc7348fe5d4337ed0d4481a4 SHA-256: 82adc757a6aa0381d566a871299a83469b0b441e28f592ac6224036fd6b3af5b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by directing users to external malicious resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89544479570.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prepearl.com/uploadsfile/bujoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhousehotel.vn/uploads/image/files/47287473004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inteko-tula.ru/f/file/96092251836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/jopunagavusuxomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents/files/11631912581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/koxetemuravewugipufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/11498720128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/32350980040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a54f558e3---91394240053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aae6675211---93335451324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk68m3e9tmajfhvvfe3li6cgv0/kibepalukigatosoxesuxivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b09edde2b6---5464821807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekifitufefosasoginufovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132629106572---minifapomipewefibojoboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7165231390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/60586814895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/76567085735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/44793582642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tko.wavedev.net/img/files/files/wibenavatexokizozuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a53137704fbe4088fe37d994e7930256/vuxubotofuzimipapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=android+tv+protonvpnPDF 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_off0000da20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f236.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF236 9924 bytes
SHA-256: 95ec7d2fa71f3a6d75baa6d03117ca20014e92108d39089b85882539acaef2cf
font_02_sfnt_off00010832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10832 17776 bytes
SHA-256: da710ceef4ebd10565df9824445fb8715281ab75fd4b06e7acc23e5a974f3f3a

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