Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b83e0a1f7c12118d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:44:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 54ad832cdb4acc3e43ef97c276b5f63c SHA-1: ebebad4314276fab74f46ca7881108319efc8dd8 SHA-256: b83e0a1f7c12118d46a56af089fe0fc15253afad30b5e84e22bc06ffb27e2a10
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or further payloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pemobegegeneneda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/37401938903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123flower.doweb.kr/upload/files/ranilurejefaxifosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vtho6tcscurs2dvdcmubtm1bc0/13378691721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://londonjip.com/userData/board/file/lorelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1be6fb80be5d0840953980cfb0f39c3/26670214047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://na3.it/misc/file/37337666997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/84082724694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nokianhakkablue.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12286661119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91092415540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malawubevanirodijawuwiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/32497521072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74422cdb25---razidajuvimelixowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/banibijasabixafozewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/31265772851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/vuwaxelawokunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/ripizomivubitevakasapavor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af50fadec7---nejatitujinovuxavawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ichapps.peaceofworld.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/73145013081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnhaepd2tf3adoplv8gg3p1bu1/48387345872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d095b0d93317bfa88c160f4bf69566f3/nazuxonokuxibegepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/vobudojudewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/lexatav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bogidupodani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e9510bc9f---jafemedezivexagapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=edgar+allan+poe+black+cat+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_off0000c4e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4E7 15588 bytes
SHA-256: 934589beb4229a6ba4d41e1c48600f42a4c528bf23cadb778a9aefaf8c03ce8a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC51 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 455539e001e90f74bc6106a8e3012928f5d675a01c97518e219341a3f7ddcaf3
font_02_sfnt_off000104b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1