Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83379e63561cc529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:58:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a48e3f5bb46fcbe691ee15103f7dda14 SHA-1: 638664d39a81a94ecc164c87a2cc0bb2d353091c SHA-256: 83379e63561cc529b9af4bdfbf9036c64f728291f53d8d23521e74c0bfade575
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign, where the initial PDF serves as a lure to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9063681777cf3202612ca360d7c00a/vixak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d77e6806fa3---43076104376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210630192428111968u0eao6o8ak8g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6f6c8bacf---89888167868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/99968928915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wardwrightself.com/clients/863644/File/76422260477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/11440175715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f43f124303---99950948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ba886db6c---33421996040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpetersame.com/clients/9/91/91902b33218228c9a3691be2563b71f1/File/donav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712d2206c74---vezatukuwazugefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/wiwoderugoregazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6bfef1a34---sunigusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/73903035394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607130be59bb5---7713389621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/lerefojenifivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvo40108neiqq42kpp5m3tcuc3/gusuvamulesetifadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/kimaramezukiledekuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48c4ac34c2552fe75611d4e68067f502/68857987562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716578e8914---kedeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f362cdcd55f9971554d5327279f78743/66091115901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f89b0c5c73---55176949779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/popig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/mowipivigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc5b19d97a6590147127759becba9d24/getamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/5405952135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recrut.com/files/files/xadenatom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=marilyn+wolf+computers+as+components+pdfPDF 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_off0000c9e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F2 16852 bytes
SHA-256: aaf57946996f4361ac6837582af825bef742aaa45277af2198b12bb81055730c
font_02_sfnt_off00010dd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD2 11076 bytes
SHA-256: c58cdf7db3bdb129aac2c8c095d633602cd525a2e9e693f702d3c953402ba4ec