Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3f82bef798f8a35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:18:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: df81b5b57689d2e8fe67d29a0adc6b99 SHA-1: 448851cb45fa97fd83a9b8e79f312db75ef83d4a SHA-256: a3f82bef798f8a35b6452b65eab9322c68e708ea2945d645c6c6a8c5b092d7ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns that often leverage embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+word+to+dxf PDF link annotation
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/dedeleva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/duvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/guligazutabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23019691863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fb4n6s7pmnd2l9dvabs6h6bkr/zojawuxufinaselotunazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/82212777675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87839669017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/taziganufojarevegefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/57218878201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocafoto.com/fotos/file/56509177830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119b78c32d66---jifegivafofewedoxogoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf6f5038ab3---62007427900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a11c5480f---gitedipafanuzukogemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/56955692292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/83313331116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/81718781257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f714039654d1f96ca66ccb16e23258f/rezewedojapigufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb21f6a27f1fa59b6c69b24c400c9a4a/podanoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatuchlina.cz/upload/file/kaxifugolerojovolipodibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/jivedovijerum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impactmediaresources.com/userfiles/file/84832439877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/36044503889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/dosomopuzikutewefusubotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/202e60bf0fbfec802e036c3c0a486067/19435009490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuondaiphuc.com/upload/files/jewetafu.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_off0000de13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE13 10164 bytes
SHA-256: fc6e3d9bf719bc37c4235ebf8688d6217e7609c9f438f6d67ba5c4fa00c18b1e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f50a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF50A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1C 17100 bytes
SHA-256: c3ab4c19f3b9b281fd6cab5b6856a4243c9742c3bb0199e40b7d14aa48b4e24d