Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83ec08f2ceb8ed2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 12:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 680fe929dd34d7fc905a99b40c428b09 SHA-1: 95e39a7e5f2257faa26e188bad78b42828a315f1 SHA-256: 83ec08f2ceb8ed2ee5f88a619c45aedf21ae045ee7c517499aef3998789a146e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download' lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading a payload. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hunter+assassin+2+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/13470559265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibkrakow.pl/uploads/files/vedagupatafuxeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seghers.kr/data/editor/file/360755562612f8db980460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citysoupsbellevue.com/uploads/files/kipezafixebama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63798192260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/nanosizixuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/zusajoporijutuxotana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613731325af1d---vexusexalesesovidawuwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7578e8c7d---58600380875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovudefewogawimuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://design-klasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20086988225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqteao9dnmig7h9dpp7tbrtqs0/30855073756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/lalisolizenupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/96511256977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/88985501978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/55496500808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emekyesiltepe.net/images_upload/files/neferebivikesavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saddabro.com/userfiles/file/jijufojuzewadujatoguruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28200720445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a520a3dc6b---kopimabikekulamepudevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/54673156524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/82579513965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://another-partner.morefriendship.com/upload/files/wuguforexexodupususulikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/barimivajegagepuxaj.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_off0000d2f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2F5 10808 bytes
SHA-256: bd310429755199aff288e6567cb6b2b8609c2d65c17990ce14bf9641274606e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDD 18516 bytes
SHA-256: ee77d9ea9a659fdaf0176842784c24d887ae3c9895b0334bf4f31bd23096a6e0
font_02_sfnt_off00011c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1