Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83bfeb589b37dba3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:44:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6918945d0780843c54f6f03151f08c7b SHA-1: 6fd2f263a01418a5c4c582ce231880b5f9cb2d04 SHA-256: 83bfeb589b37dba3b89356bf159072561cd9ad30da0f71a9ddd297320d584127
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains and compromised CMS uploads, indicative of phishing or scam activity. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/92731347385.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/12443459448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/75942039029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/ckupload/files/35310043019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/1776663547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prettygreekvillas.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectofile/24358800153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/sesufavegubuveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f1cb7588462f6abf60f9f397d7dff2c/65244554066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/rowawemupado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/31223452627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/9856053564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/38650671719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356b479eb9c---fopofamilugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/loxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatoceanic.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/retukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/34000239136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/lemirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-rad.pl/userfiles/file/gosudefeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/9898393659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75690966987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/31401044725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/68364196805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/62663012080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38311bcadcb0660a411f1eedd2ef7191/nulepajason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscconsulting.com/userfiles/file/75729395430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+fast+charger+for+androidPDF 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_off0000dd5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5F 17760 bytes
SHA-256: bfbf7a47eeed2b156439a84e4fbfd3cf41021f582a56682faec077ba28acc22b
font_01_sfnt_off00010b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2A 11044 bytes
SHA-256: af51edeed50490f9e49ee7ad7ce78fd9249f1f60f4840ab00eaa5299561a2783
font_02_sfnt_off00012482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12482 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1