Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82963dd511e16cfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 08:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 04fba75c46c44f6e5380c4ad0e92ef0c SHA-1: 7ce811f14440d80391afc904ba263cd4b260ac1b SHA-256: 82963dd511e16cfbd5435f952e74af2695910c56790194aa5a42aefb70bc1afb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are presented as a link farm, a common tactic for SEO poisoning or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/pasifesilowujefojul.pdf
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/mixetusixefodipapu.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/15296599511.pdf
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/25350962699.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1af20fc84---18096796091.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/6087441416.pdf
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/najedomuwofufutumi.pdf
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/xomaki.pdf
    • http://kezmosas.hu/files/file/1165111214.pdf
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/xidefufigamoti.pdf
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/43303435955.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04lutkvgthslfng56iksd4ihcf/94644357990.pdf
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944b48ceea2---13351322079.pdf
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/12754100083.pdf
    • http://thanuyentea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85003821.pdf
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58074824815626d613d3ea0ffdb54ad1/52808576361.pdf
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/dorefovasefisileg.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/96031931488.pdf
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pb4hh7f2ql5p8v94172519f498/zapikitim.pdf
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/wotutijifuzosi.pdf
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0d8f844e4---36174699641.pdf
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lebaza.pdf
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6iclemkl69mt7fcrpnhj9t9fpu/43709430819.pdf
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1282b1f90---semukepisufetarepetiriv.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+robux+on+computer
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d7f9.bin
26b919f65a4b9019a256317e00d2037ae4d812ffd59df8715ba7c044ea2beab9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F9 16780 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001038e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ba5.bin
44e3787776214a6f2d685cb2c5c78f0de2fa16412663ae8f8d5c3d68b47e2b1a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA5 10772 bytes