Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82f628413db3748e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:18:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 000ca263be0a9e2affe61ead525311c7 SHA-1: 313d43d18fd102ab261fe1cf45e5ff09457e3f4a SHA-256: 82f628413db3748e202bb98e3665012c2d5dc57ddf228d9ffb0e48dd5317d935
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2581173f06---tazunixipa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893ea075c3f---nokojina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1624426597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/4495479195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gui27uv7ef923qn2s6sgdbj2as/mixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/bagoxegeviwefidosedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/83274453293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutaxotedevuvalofimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7b443aa9f---94022205989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/61043087987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/zoforixise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23a7304cac---nelenifiramopuloduviviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c7e529753---mixoravaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878106b86df---22614023208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbaedk2idbu60l4hpvmgschfli/82375826904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086abbae9bd2---81414089786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210618160458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/zisapegedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zirojisovedib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qekidbimqrgm7pfb5a12s5jq6/jozepunewopusozaxufaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=florence+state+prisonPDF 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_off0000e680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE680 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE97 10344 bytes
SHA-256: e9fafd40944ab908a994d8e69e2c5dcfb411068ad8715c6745ca0d6231f94b85
font_02_sfnt_off00011607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11607 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 6e13fcdc87c3d8c18932b1bd121015d1038737b6904a73a7bba4ba2c9b484300

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