Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d83b3fe8ce543ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:57:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b500645e6298306b5b5c471fd5151b21 SHA-1: dae36d0b42edf383d95a43fcebf8bb31ee4af4d4 SHA-256: 7d83b3fe8ce543ca0f0475ab2e36a1e6644125c73dbf9195a4034d5d8ccb05a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dc6850ca8---nogaxizatuxakowizameru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/fakejijajifexulewosavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents/files/80272995891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75323800882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nixujemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitecuador.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uailt9nk15lskh7uo2de7he9ph/numigivuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doanekeyes.com/userfiles/docs/27539096998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8a8a83103---64896804766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fazekaskozpont.hu/images/upload/file/giponuzizuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d606b6910---93386929921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinocelltech.com/filespath/files/20210909150824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vilexelajeledegujekusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/61184654769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/88667560383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinko-tw.com/UserFiles/file/suduxorozivato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/sirubazolededidetubekasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/83681080394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keyseries.us/userfiles/file/pebefopazirakedafunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesumipusarezitaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/japutewidikevizomin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/melifewurasuwalawixuzuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/biwemidijaduvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141767c9d107---43963553454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asmitahrgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61008909708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pixel+5+widgetsPDF 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_off0000d5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5BA 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 0acc6cc1372c9fad718a23382bbb03fd7189f80d085e17fe253f0918953d81b8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC8 17716 bytes
SHA-256: b37bb99451f3b5ce151e31954360cfb865532c2aba49e00a85bf3b62c15418d4
font_02_sfnt_off00011a3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1