Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82e00e5c1ab21745…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d97ac46c095ae5a1a50532d57fd8213c SHA-1: 1c01db72f2da6ff9f84ab2467720c29412566f9d SHA-256: 82e00e5c1ab217453df2b83989e05b320c9d5e8e1efb2071b4ed868062fc5191
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+psn+code+generator+legit PDF link annotation
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/15628748076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/judoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5612ed7a1e---faxisivotilijovilabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25e4e206091c65c785a6cd506f7dd0b8/pofasolulenevomikoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731de90ed43---sikejavenaziduxapowalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/retak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/723c74aac8acadad997b433aa258bc43/xukutesibarumovedivamada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ab24ffd74a73b4b3020a8b9bf5168b5/xozorufinawamirala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/texowutit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f28641f2c7545a10750faf775565617e/genesunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/3856202926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/didikuzokenilafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/sapiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecc1c684629---85107003046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb8e4d78a7---93672684742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/zapikofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/vemog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65fd1e7a6899408e679911b7a732393/56215047369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/jatoveponirirobixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608021c9e16fd---guruzuxepejibaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6346a610e---53466705892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/722d4fefc1d19987d0e816d457d0ce5b/tabuzibubipevawazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbf0d8b41382f3f9165c24aacaf8e1c7/21043860100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanlinh.vn/upload/files/51712852163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feaacaa1d289f14e2d96a35c9dd52a50/2191322714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/zexasorotoretop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e2f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F3 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 1407b8dfa262d0557c64999c0a45522e220ba39582b07e5ec8124f1111c49fa8
font_01_sfnt_off00010f9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9A 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 61a10efb664fe61ba38c045ecbdf864abc86e310e5253984559205c52a6abfa7
font_02_sfnt_off000127d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1