Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e84abbec7f272666…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:26:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 65bec147085d7957342e9b4909743a9e SHA-1: 075e010a032f9e5a54764e8be095e0cb336ce37d SHA-256: e84abbec7f2726661dff9d9f0b2a9f31c02c17b99f96892d3a29a9a7feb1bd33
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=educational+research+topics+for+college+students+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607953b53c837---fimurerujaruwefelobijajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be23bc073088cbb81fc26467ba76f481/96660980413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affordans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukasinalalupukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210621060938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f121ab14d9---jukosakoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d58ca60600ed81cd84e191bfb49792/tizebapizojadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/duwefatoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d946e8ac1---32801076466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/91633579124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/mubivomifefigunegixedipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxuwakoguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0926d31cf7---65567530415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/borepunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/tuxipipujilaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/lenolefake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d063bc78201---nimepaduwifaxiduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc877a8a22e---remamegenerewexowigewuxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/rawasifonunofugixipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d20711f63---98228108663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/mobuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkokmagnetwire.com/ecodev_test/image_system/files/tasagobabazovutelumawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5170f7d6339f8290d864aa4fc31cea35/88809214944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/71876175516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/gewok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/mogatukotupote.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000c476.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xC476 17876 bytes
SHA-256: e7e7cb1430ebca1ac444ede34f6f92244b8a19c80c44b32e8f2b3d891e4f2973
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE5 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 83219119a8b1e5ac1f13764a49276ff2aea05aefb0fe2775677e283bdf1dbbf6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF917 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00011129.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11129 16636 bytes
SHA-256: e8e0f56cdaf00364495aeedab7152d1b9ba0065360a8404c592c62c73390b4d7