Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a82b269128c66881…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 07:42:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 91a17b165fb6809668343bf0ec045d57 SHA-1: 02889ecff50d10a3914fa4ae99ad804f3a57750a SHA-256: a82b269128c668819306a5afdffc00fc2ba568659c3fe752875972e3dba7bdca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous URLs points to an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=koopa+and+paratroopa
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37cec26c1e2d36580008f682a6d19f81/kikopeduzawerejur.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6d1bb43946241c3fd97320a9eeafb4/molopelejegivaxikof.pdf
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/betupogudeliwamakobat.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6789eacaf6---53951633677.pdf
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bakevf07fkudksrsoaop4o76k3/86112680540.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b0226ef4c---93958693529.pdf
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/4610684653.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b574f1b5583---parabatatodejowaluj.pdf
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/babudamojemetalupilovak.pdf
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cp0b47dd659kfan7jjm54geb00/9783773926.pdf
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084e631eb36ea0ff85e1c08b7daa2fda/77861329374.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726b287ddf6---rewivegekijewijixuke.pdf
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/20886349733.pdf
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f67dvd6ppjhbpsgm7qim6lfer6/81187602314.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/91888174682.pdf
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d0e1f2e45560907127e4cc582e34344/juvufepemako.pdf
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lanidusifud.pdf
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc72dab3a7---80096535438.pdf
    • http://15449010.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210620_1BF0E937C7209F10.pdf
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/lulego.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/36962318886.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43f2f0eaa7---xitokirexozuvevivajanimiz.pdf
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3d30653de---rinajovisebesinofetorejo.pdf
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b4fa6b44905cae863acc02aa9725c5/muteladomatofa.pdf
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31984834196.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e674.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE674 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe8a.bin
676e970b108219f1a403d223d372ee1b5175ca3685b5b71fcc340579c389a2ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE8A 9940 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011493.bin
2574a5e586fca3230ad2a959fecf0fb275bb25d60e8e8e751c592188da6b117f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11493 17588 bytes