Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e82c6add1b5201f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 14:05:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 66b652e5592c70da5b8eb84e9d155403 SHA-1: 065603a749d2ee27923932e6ff8f9dac58c425b3 SHA-256: e82c6add1b5201f452efe0f6853481f687acf61482778a5806a994199d1d15fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs. Several heuristics indicate that these URIs form a link farm hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=big+win+little+win+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d13e90384b---loburojedezowesek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83t885e5pvmj8htvvbej6c4r8/gojipekusoruzoparove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foritulajuguvewewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab3d0fef6827fa2c0da530136d440eb/bisutokemakiwixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/sejozefibive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1788f914a8b24834575e475edb9cd40b/bamoruzefigepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/10064243687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.com/clients/85333/File/lonumagijetomevubovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poddertradingandindustries.com/userfiles/file/powepuritepesogemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///88284249831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/130303142018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hnu8ns4d4m7n3voofq352qgu2/39996083977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/zawamudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/43305729795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30fd4943b9---xalojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161039f60c6b7e---dexaganesiwowolawomofeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu1drc6bqp480q147co10aaqjv/62994574700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16427e125f---lukiniwunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvmul8umvvevj5mnuaj81hihc6/97731570567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddfaedca95---32763091750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba54959683d---5975248087.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_off0000eb52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB52 10204 bytes
SHA-256: f79285fb1b58408b1d49b1283232a8343842263312e1b20e14c2d5d9d84bdc7a
font_01_sfnt_off00010238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10238 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A4A 17548 bytes
SHA-256: c7b912a1c68514e3331caf120981f74565f9442d4457b0e7264811a99a9d410b