Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83e419e51038841d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.5 KB Created: 2021-10-03 14:44:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 7a651c45fb4c93d48254c2cad59a3ac7 SHA-1: 27eac5fc86ae4b65ebd591ade351595561f15986 SHA-256: 83e419e51038841d7126ebe1e45efcc1c0729c1ea7e4fdc761f587b96e537de2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with a click-outward action and containing numerous links to external, potentially compromised websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs suggest the document is intended to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pollination+by+bats PDF link annotation
    • http://agecarekorea.com/ckupload/files/vupetugesepuluvunaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/55255609234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifulejamevitizugopagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/zajewadirok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48672551532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/36381730798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144d8f608068---repizanebibovegilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/kewudutosezopegexuvuwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/ditijatividofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intranet.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62042623182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/59443887842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60369fb75169a31fe3aaefb4b03910a9/logosezoxonowojigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/zelakemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/48008659622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senegal4d.com/contents/files/veduxatugizazetegemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/32409122791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c99f2b1a6---binusiverenixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/pikemuzuzawosapisoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f45076308eba481803c23929615322d3/semovepoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/falazenirarevozuvijewobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/34675247748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/xosonem.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_off0000ae3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC650 14228 bytes
SHA-256: a8d1e26e10c6b5978bf7fac99b6cdc274258513edd04b05a4dddf71400117e5a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA1D 10124 bytes
SHA-256: 4a4f8848b0aa9184308d6d13f35aa2dafc6eb11a5a17ee2f088499e90bbc24ab