Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83fc9f765dfbc119…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 22:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4be454ad0c0c1a93dce8ad9511f5c571 SHA-1: c44a2cfb11726104d126577ddd4099a4e99dda03 SHA-256: 83fc9f765dfbc119f702aa5da9a87e73dd368c911b6955d9151066b982cc6936
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://dga.gr/ILC/img/file/numeduz.pdf
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8b88152f5540c3300ca72c08bfa945/gupozogov.pdf
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/kelupojaxekowigigerukuka.pdf
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af5a7c4a01---tomuxidatalatudibu.pdf
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/64935523190.pdf
    • http://edilgroupdigiovanni.it/userfiles/files/zakogejedibolep.pdf
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/75021715803.pdf
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/10931333282.pdf
    • http://someteme.com/archivos/_20210907171848.pdf
    • http://2sisaccount.com/userfiles/files/tewuvok.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a2b8884b6---ripikakitazokewenixil.pdf
    • http://asr-net.ru/uploads/files/xogigixemi.pdf
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/25559153358.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c71bd1540d---88830214050.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137653c5cfaa---pawofasopesema.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b80c14286492cf48401e516d2abbc54/dixoxewu.pdf
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexexoge.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/popatuzikifez.pdf
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///61369370525.pdf
    • https://sim2007.com/files/defudojiwa.pdf
    • http://tincorner.vn/uploads/files/xutadekosofikowomuj.pdf
    • https://3rproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29598787142.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=do+china+speak+english
    • 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_off0001028a.bin
9aa0d16721ece136870c77bf189a46d058bdc58070c2699e2ddaf5d18e07f3f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1028A 18848 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013369.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13369 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b80.bin
8d61b782300481bda7f10faaf3b8535bee74d67c3e26b639b704723f13a156d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B80 10548 bytes