Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84df987dcbfbda7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 16:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e337eb107796256d5951a8bbe0a0099f SHA-1: d2d435f6ba5be7d3f3075ec82566bb5aa6bd85d7 SHA-256: 84df987dcbfbda7bb96e6ab059ce6c64d336c180fbfc2fff83fdaf138379fa11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and compromised CMS upload links further supports the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/63780616424.pdf
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/sumabanupejonadax.pdf
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210624_225632.pdf
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/makalulevogilizelibofenu.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd238a2aff318485a3228e336fa2ca19/siravaz.pdf
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehc9g3ac9jpi12rkmkajhh4d40/88324493629.pdf
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/sopafazumenezazokibakixib.pdf
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb345ea567671df95873095e29b1dfc6/tinajerasunidur.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7dfe904c14---janovopotelulenepogobixer.pdf
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/lijidivuvevifav.pdf
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/93668865101.pdf
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/83339998116.pdf
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/vuwimukuxu.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/sujugemov.pdf
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3155ddb7f6819d84efbfbfc5858315bf/juxidujonevukuvanir.pdf
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/tawamawefa.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38ba62be64b2f2bbaad90c84345573ab/58573848847.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607302c1dc56a---55116523886.pdf
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/milenamatep.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8e23d959a---ropadobezajazi.pdf
    • http://intemhathanh.com/img_duhoc/files/94092081173.pdf
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/zubokawapogojipofujala.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f22d759cac---51311459940.pdf
    • https://gannat-ltd.com/userfiles/file/sarako.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=taki+taki+rumba+mp3+song+download+paw
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/xetekozojezus.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d373.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD373 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb8a.bin
afc844252c4a79e33b92e2a97f6eee351dff61936e1943154675588af129d9f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8A 11156 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010544.bin
a7d5d010caea717695f389be661a8c343ba9eb8dc7207d9b3b2e732098383999
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10544 17228 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013272.bin
35ddb6752a1e6954bb3637dbf21339ce36b8bab490975df7607e038fa3adccd6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13272 3448 bytes