Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a083422ec8df9b1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:24:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8d99080cb4bfef902a49ffeb493fb74a SHA-1: cb1e2485593d62d133b3e881c90b334ee3492f88 SHA-256: a083422ec8df9b1d38b3b14baa915bea8bc204d21619b7734a6d1efd01362beb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL findings are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=your+name+anime+characters PDF link annotation
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053d7bf7eccbe7b68c8b523f3e8427a1/wigagezazozadogapunutabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/fetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerefonifafuzavivaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/sugavalikabidubemadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee1aa57721d---51918935766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuestag.ch/userfiles/files/68661518216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/73111441937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoon-source-harmonie.fr/public/file/88269193975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/43004957060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/vurusugefivaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sname.org.tw/sname/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajijevefolonaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glamweddingdesign.com/userfiles/file/32052155020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/xosimamubutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonellchem.com/upload/files/17763685602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c84e7a896b---pexazofujegiwitonuzojila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35dcef1bd0bdde988036ce8843eecb5c/dorumonetomilifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/11217408604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30d15c30e64d649fc16702b9f7f77153/tuleguvixokepapona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3d9396417---21926464294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/dinaginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/widabodulirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhorseride.com/userfiles/file/panaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/lunorivegatebugiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c222464841b---tojib.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_off0000d6f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F4 17544 bytes
SHA-256: aa517cd8fd78605eb9c7ca3621a84dbd00f1f4d3b5545f6bb23ccfc5c6858d0e
font_01_sfnt_off000103b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B7 10532 bytes
SHA-256: e87022742a8bf2e596db7037c4d7446d46ec02ef62b1638efce0e5b8e81076a6
font_02_sfnt_off00011b85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1