Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82ece11e7e6ff710…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 07:09:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 141357ec7f8c7dd5a3ecb1d0131ba5e6 SHA-1: beb8ec6cfe6dc90dc1fad791a30a0bc3d662b127 SHA-256: 82ece11e7e6ff710748211504f5600d2a810ace182beb71fc4eca8f4bf353c8d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, identified as a link farm, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

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://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/24099076528.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081559d65e3f---28966365209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/giwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/vedowesewagupukejiliwetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/batalajukiwefiwevoviruzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/53917491386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/savoradibokixajetejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c99d253725cc35cee026ad7fbf0100cc/47470269089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe742a2e53---rimaboxowakofiwalezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce495300ba---jixezaxupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210527045050958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/98193817680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba1eaa9990---gefazutimeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/tidekede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifq7t6rjfa1uvp832shgfa37a1/3121238284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/856suq1pha5g27pdnrgdq41j1l/ganuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17800489594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14b59176f657b4cf5dac462cb870ee98/fosumugulosogopopirimub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e32294a971---39191400377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d24e6d73cd0210c109ba119c30477662/fubusobuxebinomurili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41b6a605d5---gukujaregozodisadafojafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84059517218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/65960666235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/588b3d99df822e0b25d7cb87a5a0ecf3/26972385969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2edf96fcf3076b4ccee2939fd2afdb1/panezuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/94193222156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+slip+speed+of+an+induction+motor+depends+uponPDF 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_off0000c91d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC91D 17028 bytes
SHA-256: d28449824d984f63331c12c4b96d594661e4330509a241e5a002a1c6750c0920
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5AC 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 48ecd78537f0a94e24d0b3c8823d1fbbb321afa8fa5a4b9528ed533aae9ca886
font_02_sfnt_off00010edb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1