Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82ebb5d0abd2c665…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:52:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f5487e5a6e63e53e7b3d10d9bc4c8c0b SHA-1: 418aaf523da5dd6143b3853ea39286130116e156 SHA-256: 82ebb5d0abd2c66500fd94b05f60412ce0cb20153f262ccae45a3fd6b2f7c493
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to redirect the user to further malicious sites or download additional payloads. The overall structure indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=le+donjon+de+naheulbeuk+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636570f856b4823ff5b83256c1f4f723/70529858227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/jijubaraba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d73be86d274bf9786ce2b68beb28174/tutepotubeboforatatelapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/76940115094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/81115157402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/pimalesaributevimaboregos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/82913129431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84811664715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1fc308d3---17472079534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62559e9c44965aea95b453798b06f38d/vizevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/volidebifodukijinudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac700545f0a3ad5e5239f5fdcd743f48/38145721129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/solubikawofejotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a573b0e0c84---xobuwigiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wwa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75894568414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8b4eeffdc361b657863903c442d9dd8/revazabopovuradidorawetet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/21676094207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/kezosujefofemexagevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suzisesivisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/19216920377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd5b30n0q0ho41p4r74gnb81s5/mimekajolebowomen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76057194912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00017dfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17DFA 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 4eccd68330ccdd5593e15ebb6d1d16a733e76c69fde1ecec83ff5bb6ba5b28f9
font_01_sfnt_off000195b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x195B0 21792 bytes
SHA-256: 255ecd0ed7618a56eb2d82da2a031aecfa00c002a591af4cea66b0df173291a7
font_02_sfnt_off0001cc6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CC6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1