Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10b983c529834b2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-15 04:54:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: f1636cb93f84baa1969830361dd2e001 SHA-1: 6acbda6cb8fe2b89508629367bd3fa0837129f2a SHA-256: 10b983c529834b2f692b18424abae3ae8b39cd4b71a1f799b7ba4c8ba85e52e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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 http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/savuzidelategekimirebebi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093469e39861---rejatewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b5de5b822---sasunavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92f748303e---tojujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758f70963d3---91988878537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c5e289553d94b5b04b375907ac68b08/75009779870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/59906468052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f51370ace---80008955341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/bejefozopufanokofuloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca9eab74bc9ffcb9e50f880d9e30afb8/18381636088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.utn.ac.cr//sites/default/files/files/pegezudademeles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegoxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/80204003934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/sixureli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/napalepapikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/sugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757892bf407---88045575383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/wojetezejenogofabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6038f174ed0e4a25523c2ebc0a4ef5/bazegatopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52c08c5abb7e4f378e7a748417403c55/remuxezezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7ac10debb---95294370294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qthn76lmfgmq0mr5qhumtmmnh6/konusafulivabolijulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/9875659450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f670176ef3bc9eee9d5a08074103825/21631705359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=como+se+calcula+el+salario+diario+integrado+en+excelPDF 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_off0000d7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F6 10948 bytes
SHA-256: e8ba5a97e2fdfb81df4872c7182a68de15df51b0c0635ddf491f7f9bc237abf5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF124 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10936 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 9ceecc8acbea5bb9a92c28272adcccb3dc40b89504813a147d450aa54409e95b