Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83f4a13812b7e288…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 02:50:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 30fab58826c799b7caa84efd40eb9f77 SHA-1: 13965e67b3c7536b754cb3982abc551ac0536fb4 SHA-256: 83f4a13812b7e2883c884bcb3cf225308acacd486685eb78cc92213c0fc715df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further support the conclusion that this PDF acts as a lure to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=realtek+hd+audio+manager+software+download+windows+7
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/29294584401.pdf
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a1300586f03430d96149792ae03e202/xinifagevifitapobutijot.pdf
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/dojixuboguruvuge.pdf
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents//files/denob.pdf
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/vesudu.pdf
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/mododesitawipos.pdf
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/83571351774.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0704cdec1---safagojavazivakilojevoxax.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1de150e63c1c89fae24d3760a52e5f4c/juvetada.pdf
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/46753000490.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/taaiu280bok6c6c88m2nkg28kv/vesimovozebojuke.pdf
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/damapirize.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b1a6584a7---63908963533.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1cc659a9d6---43060553351.pdf
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/84664612074.pdf
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/legazuk.pdf
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71484478906.pdf
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/judixegonam.pdf
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/xunoxolukadotorosor.pdf
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/dodizitiru.pdf
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/49730217236.pdf
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/68581793067.pdf
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e211cf378---98681471969.pdf
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/46303553165.pdf
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1628504420.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_off0000e89c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100b3.bin
d502a2beba530e1d455a2bf6a6d9eae8439728472d91e99b2a7d9721ff06a02b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B3 11172 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a84.bin
9b6157f31e1a238133112a9567637a75b9d8999e7c7940794bc20c5e9eabebe3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A84 17516 bytes