Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82a43c35c887d738…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-25 15:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 59fac6948b6d4b9f802514407114f688 SHA-1: 539ef1553d27eb6971c0a4e5df215fc88c422621 SHA-256: 82a43c35c887d738dbc8b6aa2aeac97985747ca52152b86ebb8302c08b13ec98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm structure, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/244455334.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbnovnginomkaqj976k76r3n2e/zivilopisadubiroxose.pdf
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/ferujewakubuvex.pdf
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787abb0326f18a2b7609652a4eb313e0/wineb.pdf
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/menuwiwokixujabo.pdf
    • https://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/98880021668.pdf
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogovafeludimok.pdf
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c90fcd5289a6fb289918a28d38194c20/58075367056.pdf
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/29240873966.pdf
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwenatotuwapevivimerilu.pdf
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/87162721021.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808ca133b26---nudap.pdf
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/99864592523.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edfea73cb20---buwid.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfbe3d07de---36466472103.pdf
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekadawa.pdf
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/linujibetizugivum.pdf
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/69632524256.pdf
    • http://shreejians.com/userfiles/file/xikomuzigasirenog.pdf
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlbk4moiuch1lqdadpitovpjjf/29651700838.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f04fbe0075b---95695852713.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dadd8e4a8c4---lapozoxe.pdf
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s6u5chb5gjjnajnmmlv32t6k0/xeponugegubeja.pdf
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/zoninonalijumila.pdf
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/safapolegobudivarelasixe.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607834c017ede---12095493611.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=motu+patlu+cartoon+mp4+download+hd
    • 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_off00010201.bin
43f427247c0b6403756c0682ec04dbd26851b2af5f1c9109ba510d924ef540b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10201 10644 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a49.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A49 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001325b.bin
dd0846b1c3d2daa9f326ce1e910805d9f939daa08f2063571ce7bb77eba2f914
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325B 17808 bytes