Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 803de2aa5dae9788…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4faea5afd079e9dc05cdfc3da808600e SHA-1: 33376daa32344ccf73dbf8d3309a2b93523e9465 SHA-256: 803de2aa5dae9788a43f79c9e3697d6308a068a56de77bd36e68aa080686209e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of numerous PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with a high ML score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/zogizilexapexojurufubo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/suluxinebazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e34b3c569---dawozawilejikeralolokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a63492d18---54815615809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gcsiva.com/files/userfiles/file/zasamoredapovikapovasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395f61df4a3---venexulijiwijipiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camelliafb.com/uploads/files/202109051521397800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lienming-rubber.com/uploads/files/202109100818354069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135932fbf444---mesubideluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelalbicia.com/userfiles/file/nirisadijawusibowavuber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/popiwawipedubagefulogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458ae728443---dopepobikapakawepuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mothertheresapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/92279472470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakowska98.com/zdjecia/fck/file/37806321361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride.hu/images/uploads/files/6019126629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcentroamerica.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57169066102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82544005089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastravariaizvoarelebratiei.ro/images/file/22480711921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/ropenemufovuloselizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/23553814917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmgeducationtrust.org/home/vmgedu/public_html/public/userfiles/file/xibilebisemufivaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40022e1b6d5e8fcc8e2fee9f2003a708/xeguwixawemira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0mfoaou989l7hk8ro80sfhjuf/telazure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/janemazizomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=contest+of+champions+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000daf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF1 18904 bytes
SHA-256: b4e67206503a4def0e729c1c82d8a36b3cab4ac0c953c72bde51bb5357a0ce88
font_01_sfnt_off00010c65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C65 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 42d015036096d4e4a86327d19dc80615d068a49fd14064fd17b01445f1735e65
font_02_sfnt_off000125d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1