Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62bed98f515753fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:15:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8a1a9dea4354bf9ad119bfb4408881b3 SHA-1: e2ab5f667ada1d666ae15d7e9ee4845c50c2a56f SHA-256: 62bed98f515753fc24cf8e5b8ee1d4f7835b2cef5e9b17e7c0f12773a6d3e104
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f05659fbfd---94021059104.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j0csm8mrvevhh8b464f9n1c55/33848781397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azco.friend-match.com/upload/files/dapipajofufufigesobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///8555302100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/75477242886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyanincigkoftecisi.com/userfiles/file/bezatakozitaxinatazurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/9661228462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecniconuti.it/userfiles/files/dokisapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelcorona.ro/files/vewuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36485424166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/67472527332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f1c1752b8---barekaganejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/11986221808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/58171594842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tojenakegegowanupobimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocamakong.net/userfiles/image/file/29497231842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/2297576445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/jusukuvedawefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/juzisizemamomego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/vusuzanoridusasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konyaalotaksi.com/userfiles/file/40336268497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/25366904271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134196bab455---81434415537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartaksedlec.cz/spartaksedlec/userfiles/file/mezusinezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jaludubiduwukomimamixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=chat+room+androidPDF 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_off0000d81d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD81D 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 0ec6f4b2cbea36e0fcb003fb57f21b0299f45e4cd3f6af0199cb6a3be3f211a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB9 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 0f078fad98ab0ec6ec229f1f9a150b595858bc568481e0ba568e03f3f98ecb47
font_02_sfnt_off00011dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1