Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83a2800e2865aadf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 05:17:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0f692e05582f506f23388085c0272c5c SHA-1: 91eb6f88c9f993e97a6b5b6d2493ac8a589b0e7a SHA-256: 83a2800e2865aadfa30fdb6330ec19b14f3d3982a2a43d47990d82d05624e6e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect users or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/sefonogewilifegisitof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26a06b8f2d---67231835293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/51073510694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/267f9af63df3bca50ec71bb145cf7047/29253900409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/74182714713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90038b6791e0208a3f14cc2dde349898/moraxuzuravaduzerodugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f9a3644e2---serusurirobaragulelajopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9e5488a404---vovugajuxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458dfc5cdf15efeafa62d1977ce9b18c/3330452561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/18912520167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ef036281---simafifulumonemizazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/mibikulowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a76638d9ccc19ea229398c445e34e05/lotamaribabikube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/97288771566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/8794449232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39b0004be4---nupenezedumokavajapiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/gapezajexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/74171510233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f47d124e988e23bfaa73ed7015809e/diladefunerebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ca98a711d72ab2a57afafeee51cfea/jepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3784741241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveforlungs.com/clients/a/a9/a9a80f3a93b7553e0860ec1960497db0/File/33842280229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7r4fjka6k1l3mb6j6o1b2ahqi/10548544018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba483093ebb---dezatoditavejifabatumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=astronomy+today+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f59d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59D 18128 bytes
SHA-256: f2df9c26fdc682b6fb87c6608646fe91b21c52b51b7bc6fb4ee230005506dbf7
font_01_sfnt_off00012518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12518 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 2986ebe617e0ae6264d6ef5f85c67db672e88059a353eb1f70f5c22c1b893330
font_02_sfnt_off00013df4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1