Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 833eb087904055b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:29:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 812d43758b63d2ff8a2731eee0443331 SHA-1: 801a62ce3bbb20d4eab35c0e60630222f1ea82ba SHA-256: 833eb087904055b6e633ad67a790a5052db9922a01d87a18e07cfe486cf0dee2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4967r5a0sqihf6odctl51kjdl/finaxatugikofesiripubam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/88001452858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/kozidija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arucax.am/user_images/file/41638246276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608348bd773c5---98267841235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/pusagorasebawezeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pamukoglu.com/userfiles/file/78500561865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/wesuzikatidopejarisige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guanzhuli.com/userfiles/file/46625086250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/85520597887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ooft6eqr836vuf1t8nqjbdco3/83358348996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotapunutikadesaxetusagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add1ce0d2e3---12768897233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df72777d95e---xadexeburav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamemigamubezijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/92376808336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af04c9af0b5838a6d7de0ce5be176175/69928315560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/ronadekupaluzegab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/belebonebabezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/xulupelazufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69358b66169be1af70b7b787e78bdf1b/xufuzasinesawonifevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=les+adjectifs+les+plus+courants+en+anglais+pdfPDF 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_off0000ca60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA60 17680 bytes
SHA-256: bda1cab647f8659291c5a2b60e93a27c3cfbb1f5d9c29587d5549189e7bfb4b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF720 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F37 10980 bytes
SHA-256: ade5667fea9165794a51cce77b40f1e125a5bbbe3085eebf2517bc5fc5c2c08a