Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83dd531c54650d1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 17:44:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2e9af7306a69aa3d6484b837ec37b4cf SHA-1: 826fe2db37253fa8de6ddfed6512d3b625f84d57 SHA-256: 83dd531c54650d1a9548896b1d48f622dc7d387a5ce2082ae4966dfcc575c771
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, as indicated by numerous heuristic firings related to external URLs and compromised CMS uploads. The presence of multiple links, including one pointing to `http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/xotim.pdf`, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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=love+is+a+losing+game+so+i+just+might+be+a+hoe PDF link annotation
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/xotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/758bfb0cfe076cf5e4ee6a1567dd0366/puwulijowudolikovirujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db188032d1c872f9c73b6827b9b05126/puwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/46042022819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c6751cbd9e6f9d6213e4cbcfabf91d0/54778482771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e95c0abba26---70161045547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d0b312bf5---17861480149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8415db7c8---devega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b497839600---10970010855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/97849043333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c6bimbq4c7gr2g0ebpm91jl04/juvivopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d541c7202078caf102361ab80b5a9e05/zekakuvotevuwegevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c36c68e88---2995761388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/271223552498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b5dc38023---30439701396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pv92p5rsjj628p80iit7e25o2b/47901981157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea1fa0ebc1fd2b20c370c8af1ee9054/revekesezosifafogoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/48579558467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1621301841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078451233de6---32319338734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/simasiluwekugajukisigibo.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_off0000edda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDA 10848 bytes
SHA-256: d977aedb085a16a7c7635143f679897484fa90bd2193f12bd63f99f99d9cd787
font_01_sfnt_off000106b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC5 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 900d9fdb57aff649405939aed873ef7a71e711be7059f4a56046bbfc65d9c230