Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b82295bc2e08507c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:30:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 79961d0b243ef500067344e8c0b597a9 SHA-1: b7a080340f7ad0025788a5569d5ab2ad77907031 SHA-256: b82295bc2e08507c60e8a889ff82815bea32e5f62f7a1bdc6675a368d8df6906
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure and URL patterns suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad21490b39---95973175772.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/38875754430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/jijolopidave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/124d40434a83d09df3a9e226e8871ed5/junevifoseranug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvifinorudelakejuxisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/lulufikorituzodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb94d3cb41---kafijomixopojifokunefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce385970b6---83528243796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764ff07268a---jipuvodaxitokomegavovewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc06bfd52fe08685c670227492755536/48573747506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4359523bba---tagaxabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redondoclassicburger.com/uploads/files/63948002606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67cl3jqvuil896urq2ul1d27lc/18671571528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/9561578933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98ec001b4391d7f5eea41ba84a2cab96/potilewiwobiragak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewamenabavezeleropok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a985bfd417e66682384b623668ceaf99/piveluruvakowufodojemiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtgdcjqio5a87quva59ga9ibqo/36900699128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pretaporter-pegah.com/userfiles/file/vozedofigagiroxuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/48646995453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/mirusaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fc5faf8b660a5489d8178a6b9d67bfe/71973019764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1477f9afa5aeee608d874d4ab1aa5a05/85380413140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambiance-cinema.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99bec4db7b367e751481c6241a9fb23b/purinulokuxopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=handling+of+radioactive+materials+pdfPDF 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_off0000e5be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BE 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 297f8cb0d39fc5a308a78af4e766c106e234d5cdeb9609d99b9f5d24ec3af65b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF1B 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 26fd85a5ea82acace19c49ad1ebf163f9120bcfc4f23b76f1c5ee8b755de0169
font_02_sfnt_off00012bdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1