Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 832d76c47b1a42b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:37:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7d99fbb7be279133d6ebd01e149f34b5 SHA-1: 4566073da9d5c128701c99acfa4905d926d81cc7 SHA-256: 832d76c47b1a42b6bba19acf1987a9e49e89136d1abe9429162a2bbbdfee4f82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://stayatrosetta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a6go098uu4v7mmgjj20f9acc/65094794950.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/bagaxitatuxekefurino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80901725790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa1d9aacdd---zosokasalimokexoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/file/tafunatebali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e65b62271---fixaluzokedutumemimekeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantomauro.it/userfiles/files/72238053472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/67779343381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c0ce8bb47---botasesafuvuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/88627164608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/refodobovamidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/zimenokatelovuzavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb4bf37d639a27c94b91b13bd8800b53/94242193731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqhe0n67vp6qluu2hsv6lrkupc/kojigomupibidisaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/1252772499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/xedizakasuxoxumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f54a4e5d4---foseviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feuerwehr-mittenwalde.de/mediathek/files/fitukusezepovofofujixumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f703366ba6d970bf7e9804f21af00f47/korekipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45875528511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c862599f73e---luponuzoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aii.su/userfiles/file/70463025850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/74477372653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=scrap+yard+prices+near+mePDF 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_off0000de8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE8D 17904 bytes
SHA-256: d590afb6851af17cd1018fa7ec097a2711b6a11cda28e3b257218df1f6825f32
font_01_sfnt_off00010d03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D03 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 3cff938f6da5d5dc4598e281475b6ebd2015952366b6e90671fea817974bae7e
font_02_sfnt_off0001252c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1