Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f82dd324a43da377…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 06:12:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b9929594b716105a8f81a7fc2d589835 SHA-1: 2a1931d8c716a043724db57bd448f8bf4515087a SHA-256: f82dd324a43da3774015f58e465f8e9e5e909a5c2421c422bbcbf6c0c2207da3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attack pattern involving directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+lock+your+photos+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cbfcf5e27d---43091111053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613364a80fa89---54056535263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/vulerimoverunavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88716458102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfe8u2lbkg71h7ngldesuvtth6/27450004092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/bopak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139419934efa---77343209993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/21625035007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosidesotivozudowetara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/24338990142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emailing-online.fr/uploads/userfiles/file/40452443540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/sexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czernavendeghaz.hu/admin1/file/65094143573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/negamaravemabeterina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a43dee47e567b6c969b621b8ae51a06/75745757649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e02dd9d736---38283152868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://german-ex.com/images/blog/file/87074791219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv105f1uggenl9upff1qeasfs3/niruzisemufivaxidomak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/825aea4a8c78676a0d51f79f79e66a8e/70969657015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/88095647912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debten.net/UserFiles/File/saleribanaginefujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/pezilifesomigafika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemaxadevemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/62233731380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/99786937253.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_off0000b964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB964 18964 bytes
SHA-256: a742f9d7f2e445ff8bdf3a758fdb635f4916d5491fa96aca2c048952e227b9ad
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010230.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10230 10860 bytes
SHA-256: b0004bf9c8c72930b41e093ae32fe134adeb19c1dbcad1487717bfcbcdaea2c9