Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83709c5ce2f221d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 20:51:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d77ed5a84dce564cdbfc13db7bcc6840 SHA-1: 5ce782f7a82d3e18c40f8e20d395a8af7cc3f536 SHA-256: 83709c5ce2f221d545db5cf809913ff7eed6c685d568e8691c8d056da9b62396
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggests it is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into downloading further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, further supporting a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609472de5b305---dadofefesiges.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210608215824880533pgtoha.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/44269139033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/33042544159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60f4953f88---xulefidamexoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7a42b0460---72253155470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/sijimijigotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/76964131595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/78422872506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/nobeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicamistasnc.it/file/kodelogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/84365978226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs1970.com/clients/9/98/98bceae81adeaace0f0761aa7b0d12fa/File/39945936420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609431c75595d---15124165600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-lessons.net/lcj/web/uploads/assets/file/14163740107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784a318d3dc---80035867456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/vobamavenogowidudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/sijubatekapipamato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/fukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkohut.pl/file/zikolikajijesalowini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddef9e4bc57---87797541419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/96959498260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovth.ch/userfiles/files/fipefazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5f05bd191---78560824160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58bj8j92q0m6pe23qd4v7uj6ro42igf6/42392419510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=shri+ganapati+atharvashirsha+in+marathi+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_off00010648.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10648 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 2994c7ba318f25b79961f10cda4a26d850f5f42152c22dbf20fbc3028e1b025f
font_01_sfnt_off0001328d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1328D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014aa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AA4 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 3401c13237f58fca04453c9bcc4db849f7c8c1c4c95e21542149f89f7be3d681