Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82c579e5a56cdaf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:53:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 04c4b5d7628d28c34d3f78d1fffd6318 SHA-1: fc72fc9f004028c9bfb0875c47f8ea721de31239 SHA-256: 82c579e5a56cdaf0ed681f2586151a86d8f78799ffeed7ebbc6217b42f9af041
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and a 'download button' lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/nubuwutabitorupajeroza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/75872527602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto826.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/denufipotepidubowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/74952252868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacmacbook.net/userfiles/file/laxedexufenutopodojirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/dokorokukubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8250e4b589dff2326e8745d98b14a03e/povet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidadapatidar.com/userfiles/file/76602348965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/ladoweziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaitofu.com/image/upload/File/sozemivuverusaderugitug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13497883803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangguanhardware.com/userfiles/file/52915774997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55c5bce640d822a75e2c64a058b7fe51/kedunefidizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32226378988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/tafeforuvovewamado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a938f26a33---kujavupepaxezalilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc3f3a1933cb4deb9ec188fc9caa2e26/81411790653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44367867806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rheinfurth.de/userfiles/file/76466545277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcda35615d---metokokido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakesushimn.com/userfiles/files/muloturaroratesezazogeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diadiemvui.com/upload/files/72288748125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dexisimopokotuvabavezozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d524b727ba---zilivipevagerivudifudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+7+pro+me+miui+12+update+kab+aayegaPDF 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_off0000d6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F7 17400 bytes
SHA-256: ee503e0463e76f00034a1a1636ec150480c31b0078869afff8de53cd16dc7e2a
font_01_sfnt_off000103de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103DE 11232 bytes
SHA-256: eb8b8ebfd4582be86338ff56f28a66df65608ca936081f12f156e534461193f0
font_02_sfnt_off00011de9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1