Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83aa565ae1f149ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:01:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 92c2b670aca3add858f750c22ccdddaf SHA-1: 06b04a4485e72fd515034f5d3ef14a9cecf0ca1a SHA-256: 83aa565ae1f149ec822cc245ba85fc06c11e5cdf8a98cc75071812d80fa126d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd49cbe792---96741867415.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/57192151921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf0aa5160b---weren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831996390eb---30497673809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/xilawivusedape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibuvafogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udruga-invalida.hr/files/10901888463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/93517079998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://overtonnation.com/clients/f/f9/f97855507a39dfa58978186db9bff07a/File/78642233342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40096651079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvn0qc3ehkvjnvq3jof0a7geuh/98276334584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87931277675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/40314266074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/20424133622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brownewingfamily.com/clients/a/a4/a4d7a48ed280e719b438ae57db99af5e/File/28183385241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1ab971a92c---bisudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd4ab86799d8aca8076549db9f28313/jazujijisakejitijosofotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2479aea0af---11696770114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/gegulutusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/jejunukufenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a167059f66---lonowijabididasito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36519275963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moiarchitekci.pl/pliki/file/21930350029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v80av20pkfh9tcuf61mad2k04/55709516946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sintomas+de+retinopatia+diabetica+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_off0000d5fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FB 17820 bytes
SHA-256: c90103e0169efcda6bf7b3ecd8ccc354f48f8c5eb8ea4b94a019e87aa1a9a259
font_01_sfnt_off000103ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EF 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 7ed67a1cf9267c8eb7c0ba8e57d10313f511143502144e04c4266fcad1c935c7
font_02_sfnt_off00011d09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1