Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83d8991f280ce52c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:22:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cf5251775375c61b31f392339541f750 SHA-1: 7a72a2ce246761018cca7ff3f75aa594c8b45fa5 SHA-256: 83d8991f280ce52ca8cf30d26c694ea03e4987c6063320dab15134f7eee48288
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074285f1e5bd---kemukinux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimotuwekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b71aa7a403b43de77124fc12ddf1ee/nonodakuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608edbc1578bc---gajuxolukujojakaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/093cbdcd04b4f1afec01aadeb3e56a71/23074007060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/1394849625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francisfamilyreunion.net/clients/870293/File/23468164487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4984671468877c50d2780e7a98cf6255/lelilibagidipizurafotipik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/51044038970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/38180252412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jq9gq8qi3kcrvrd3baggnvlk44/fefupode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/bepukozatevasizakinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokusiduwakulotimiletaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074587933c2f---84679170955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/serufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/71077958218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/64013983108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truckersplantparts.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9426281948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahoba85.com/clients/2/26/26d353b61ac95a99d7df5001a3d58300/File/dovuxodidibinemonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tojewedevurajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nachhilfeschule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29557172177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwomukopogeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54dffe3cbb---fofugefulelenolanolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/rafago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=jlab+jbuds+pro+wireless+earbuds+manualPDF 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_off00013cee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CEE 21124 bytes
SHA-256: e8264e0ddc5a3b315e55bfc1dfb6daec0274f934f3411b5e2b5a79868badbdd9
font_01_sfnt_off00017477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17477 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 6f0d8b821d2c9c8178a29b6bbe8f8213f16f501579903adc06f8df65bd603f3a
font_02_sfnt_off00018d69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18D69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1