Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83b9325bacf86133…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 01:34:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ce903309e5656207b95ec18f6cd1329c SHA-1: b5a298066f2ea98955fd15b1687103f839f101ca SHA-256: 83b9325bacf861337b5e157f129cc2e7aabae446bf64d9d5de35acc4ad7813a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to obfuscate malicious links or redirect users to phishing sites. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://tsrmmessina.it/userfiles/files/50375956387.pdf
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dfe328ac9d801679558b6b7ab93cb92/rilolowebaludoponidejala.pdf
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwevedonevopi.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c25ebc562---nexeguzeladadugemegonabe.pdf
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/326986071785a4d0a17e48d4fe3ff631/dalosikulovibowezedixa.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d361678a8---juvugufigatuvazosowalelu.pdf
    • http://sushistoryus.com/uploads/files/xufipu.pdf
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/52370037637.pdf
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fb0c92560---63234129947.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f08020511b5---49772820325.pdf
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54bb595cf4f7be17ab67748b4551fa92/45774846221.pdf
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/dutifubip.pdf
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/57725353905.pdf
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/747103586c08130d1afef284e1c78e31/44597359489.pdf
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70547e4047979d639b7b072ab5cfd125/99795887096.pdf
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/51941973654.pdf
    • http://acutecardio.ru/sadm_files/befovapixosef.pdf
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/50067488009.pdf
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/wisusogefasujenowudutuk.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5a4d5189a5c94cfa1d5870faf4fff08/nadime.pdf
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/bojebuw.pdf
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/birifekuputavutarerinito.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-23/20210523135308836275.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706a778736a---tilafeberageveram.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=acer+aspire+e15+touchpad+driver+windows+10
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb35.bin
7c18fd552d04a20ac133a69e3af77e9b346f0e1d79be924b600e80569c455385
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB35 18844 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011bd9.bin
7041e1347f0ae51607b0e7db16c5d4f91fb4a79768ae5a56da16a88110e46fba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD9 11104 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135db.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DB 16792 bytes