Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83336ca4a14131b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:55:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 683bda41d380218ed25f903d4f78d58a SHA-1: 2015c7cedd68ba68e678fb5a66d5174c92c8cb06 SHA-256: 83336ca4a14131b15ce244349299868c34886f6d65dd71357ee70d974ffc9888
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates a potential phishing or SEO manipulation tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+answer+of+multiplication PDF link annotation
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/vibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/wojonopuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akrrib7i8a9o0k7mpvnsgp7n3h/vemubuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallapietamarchisio.it/userfiles/files/74055080846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/belijupogafifalizogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5681342a7a---46991785238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a10766f64---91495232441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f59375547207e1466653916dbc9933b9/54022458438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/xifibesafiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4dd3294e4---60784455602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1387e975de143bc04f2aa6bb1a715cd8/20631172497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/posivezigasila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c5d0a3fb4---voritekivowofikugeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevenhillsgroup.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13950814852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2d2e26dc1---zunegekuduripej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metamorfoza-krosno.pl/userfiles/file/65473236693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3daa575b9ac351703dc0b5b479cf14b7/5896462838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0gldu7ic1aam5vll0javvgla7/9019848896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/392b71e4ab42a45a98fb706dbd527a69/97246681585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769de6cc884---kabovefawoxotawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents//files/xifiwulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01b216aeb425e565f9deb304296df38/3050685393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/dobubexinusexazawivuwate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/20424491964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/19072732275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoretabejubevixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782da52f604---wikenasowobanuvi.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_off0000e17c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17C 10924 bytes
SHA-256: aafdf3308dcd9a9fba4ee308f1e5632246c8055e2ed2a94447c7d317025ee41e
font_01_sfnt_off0000faaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAAF 18624 bytes
SHA-256: a39449407cbfd4ee44b2c61eba8cea74039a9089119d452e236814ede266cada
font_02_sfnt_off00012afb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1