Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83a851b7b51a174a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:59:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e3fabe0eef6a8b95793d45e9eb8e99d2 SHA-1: a19cf05c0c80aaff001a2f213cb8b993d3930458 SHA-256: 83a851b7b51a174af78ebfeccd7e0b3bbb0c14a849e7ac256be34e768ea44ec7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wrightsoft+manual+d+tutorial PDF link annotation
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/21889560939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce4ff2d2d1f---3496898201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://self-storage.sg/images/uploadedimages/file/zovadinobuvelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rk0btf7bm6atp5jbaf3ardv8m/bezevapevajifafusalivurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b4278e4ab---47356773762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/jawebowujakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609830e55c5a8---12514627538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3236dad71015bad57d121f24aac9a96b/75481891363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warwick-ems.org/userfiles/file/supofofovujapekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ijfejkm3juk1nbtpg8rfrej8c/8082668992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/gumana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865ef3a7822---redafaroweropusorijupatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f16c39161e---bepoxejabakedem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5da15028a34b87d2646dd6c28068e7d7/nujadoketinejanumukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxanusesowerepamivukijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/83545866851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/muzewexegonunigijoranuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161281db765b7c---4752898826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cc2170ea7---98975458801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3aa8e7b25---94513805382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/rurigofepefoxodugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/92757680200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2c9eddf32---85016263000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085425d82680---75224998911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupposcorcia.it/userfiles/files/xekunirobititiden.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_off0000ec29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC29 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 13d17268a6ce5008d8f3e22000656b7fb64f436f8b30109fbc6b590b08a455bb
font_01_sfnt_off00011ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADA 10760 bytes
SHA-256: c4e7e5626fd627fcd45ca126d74819cb105a822c13c690e4c41ae859bc046c71
font_02_sfnt_off0001332c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1332C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1