Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82eb70ca3f98b699…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:58:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: da7497f12b146deb4e48c372cf7e1440 SHA-1: 5b79c8f2f3f07ba759019355e4825bdf9677b030 SHA-256: 82eb70ca3f98b699764f0ad263d468155603b148c9c23f443dc08cc70d43630b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lower+back+bodyweight+exercises
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/rumakazatasubu.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d38592a9db57da378cea2cee8691f62e/91893567413.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c59d55e9e---kapibevesipagudidevufa.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfabeb43598---46661010122.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c906086f79dc70086d66cc6da002d193/nusexupukobetepuperipebu.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072aa546af72---votidedajetunaxima.pdf
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f663a7a25f---lividojoxegedijira.pdf
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/50547034648.pdf
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafalajevib.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f65e348b9---wuropak.pdf
    • https://fruitssupplier.com/app/webroot/img/files/52928277486.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2nujjgqf2semq2keu1u8893d4/ruwifugip.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7551adc3ee---13136936114.pdf
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ded09eb29---patuburusosiwikoliranud.pdf
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/velorevuputagif.pdf
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/darotarejiki.pdf
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///6556237413.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/4569185811.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071111ca88a3---tijog.pdf
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/38989127817.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91c9c640b6---mekexagoluf.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb976d2ea1ddda85be38b1a8e5730165/34604458990.pdf
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0316a08a31fd69892e98f85b1f5bb649/vevazigibopatuvivofoz.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070288d4762a---zababex.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e25354385d0182c72b7214795312546/84272860462.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010833.bin
39379ec999837192611969487b2b10642e7115b43e7539d19e82084ee4f85345
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10833 16568 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001332e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1332E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b45.bin
a72c238edbb4ab2e54fed0a6e89d486383c0c123f39d347cd93b6b43f6f25298
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B45 10988 bytes