Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83da185bd40e37e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:30:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 95f3eae946b3a57383ccf1953bc8127c SHA-1: 5b9fd3382712c0d9fe6283dfb7eeb8d940e2390c SHA-256: 83da185bd40e37e56884508b4e4f0739fb30c64dcb3e1b1516a1ae9d2f8c5774
176 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 various external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM firings strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and embedded links are designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+mind+of+christ+verse
    • https://hotelgaric.com/upload/datoteke/78866864957.pdf
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/piveborewetakiwijegat.pdf
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/fefurig.pdf
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94743484705.pdf
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cirjaee7cdvprv6e8mufrcvf5/7709798468.pdf
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/wexifevakubekutogifogi.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e6630c753---jirugeso.pdf
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84242ad397dcc69b6255bc89572e6594/fepetumener.pdf
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/31416823882.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t3nlpo5517u62cfvoins332s3/72711898037.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be167c5c4a8---90287785983.pdf
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05b1cfe86c114caf6236542fdcbc6672/tuzegefiforiwu.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a77d0069c---46689887776.pdf
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/pesilamukinivi.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c275d1a3412---37314630934.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i3ru2oii1i6dfd1tvmeqjkn54/74674265601.pdf
    • http://185.33.116.142/~bbyacht01/upload/files/fokobabanakibabujezoxonuf.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/14344627246.pdf
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/zebewejar.pdf
    • http://xn--h1aaebajlcgx.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/80067693813.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/togasolezizumaviwob.pdf
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/xilosogip.pdf
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/65865433258.pdf
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f5d37c20b---15885777923.pdf
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2uvh75g3eg0jaqnht4fpk5tft/tipiwore.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_off00011e92.bin
842cb2037b301c1bb15b6b715582c7d84f3fe67fe6301c886af4399e9df0b40b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E92 10564 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013679.bin
ae37f29bb6e62985fde68c91a7bef249d82740dcd3b9bea3ece782f0faa723e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13679 22396 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00017132.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17132 16792 bytes