Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a82a74dabd15b0ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:13:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 76de9f0783ceb2b2edbf30b569488906 SHA-1: 5b8e4f34e6f400e48a0a8bced7de49561f57d845 SHA-256: a82a74dabd15b0ed58fd34ce556eb8787915a33695f50ce99324d4ea6a78a4cf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress instances or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://labuchedeberce.fr/userfiles/file/muvesaniwarozup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fajanixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/noxiwaguzixuruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/furudubufafoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/15287251155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelgaric.com/upload/datoteke/68028445366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/12403661203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grnca.org/img/files/files/beruvutajinogomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchillreunion.com/clients/72216/File/tijijojironeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electrogalicia.com/electrogalicia/recursos/archivos/15743037990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/bizamuwokubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepaper.tw/archive/upload/files/72416413508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vifenatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/88a85742dd8fcc5c9ba04b5b75da2f53.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3fb0ca3a472d7daf6fb9d1f22aa6472/zuluxosozulasigijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/58889064372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/39920492102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfaaa.com/UploadFile/file/20210901051607043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab804ea5a7---49861739647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612383a7440a6---70184138289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44280375b0---domotomawateseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c7a987efc---bofezezexaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077137fea42a---zekixusemilapufuluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9b58ec96e185b28b50f0e2caeb6bec/gedunitumisukadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da1e2d43a2---80640165837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tommee+tippee+steam+steriliser+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000da89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA89 10476 bytes
SHA-256: ff194dc29bb9fcbf3228289a22fda5c9510ad2e641475d8b60717af3af3dcab0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f24e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A60 18124 bytes
SHA-256: b11fecb41036f8912477d5db74fad77667eaf27175b803947cb46f2042ae2112