Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a83641df2f9a3fe8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:53:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 67f736dcec021e20b9dc83049a94b8db SHA-1: a01f1b2c21801410d2ed8e4b63b7434d49450e37 SHA-256: a83641df2f9a3fe88010f5049b92b267b4be426c66c85a4fee9cf5269fac2de1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=duplicator+pro+nulled PDF link annotation
    • https://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/57140267213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/57842544791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c1091bb3a---63938699020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/11620222990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/turifupavonawilebubazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/47833322474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/dugetijejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/12152030043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/zidasare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83e1004562737c5c128752c530ad8ff0/sokazosufukotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/46781564260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c134491e2bff04daaae345fcc4f1b75c/21866225462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7604pmbt54icq8bjhtp39mqg4/jitositogutove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/lirudavizizuxilakudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1533e8099c---17945994194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shh00lpjlm446in7e1ppg6b2u0/nimilokasulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanpetrochemicals.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/mifasamigorozulupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c547f3eef4---rixabopidodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ada99509e9---vanenujomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/xuzuwaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b155cfa5a32a2c745430cb68e8af2886/46791768793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ec2c353e7---vopuwitoboluxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce0365a0f25a7a83d6f1760186e36f6b/72604707659.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_off0000e86f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86F 10440 bytes
SHA-256: e8219f72eb4a6a01c50ee15293d1684a88b1ba75267e06c3fdeffb8acc2e76fa
font_01_sfnt_off00010036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10036 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11848 19040 bytes
SHA-256: 9e32078a9dbedd38413fac716a80c15482d841c27b3dc92dfc7dd3bb9b66b077