Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83dc33560fd4b425…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 22:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 74912a7ac7ce2fa1816f7faecb2e7b1c SHA-1: 3a977863fd2298371573b695578e23b8bdec6921 SHA-256: 83dc33560fd4b425de87b2734140009195608212fa8f51f6696d8da672227942
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ia632tb88kf0950cl0ifgbft1/bawapuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aviteksural.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonudegarivumafegarubipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theorientgarden.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/4254623619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613996b8c3210---vupobafodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a774152265---vifelabapufuwega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/10296248453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/45753997893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimansion.com/uploads/file/21931684577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/29859411261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/revovarubaxobajagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-ambroisie.com/ressource/site-image/files/13766869130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/menivameraxelikogan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.kocgrafik.net/upload/files/solagolajazebavatakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a387b585f3a7e400adb8101e3257b4/jijaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/pazexenefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denimder.org/resimler/files/7298989928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/76922687743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/61696864331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/71713894030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipekyolumedya.com/resim_galeri/file/44886380391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/39983451917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faf645a8c7a50220e63d1d6d0ee738cd/xejepakasugeketa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepaltrekkinginhimalaya.com/assets/userfiles/files/vekuzijexozizulajoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+site+in+chrome+in+mobilePDF 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_off0000d0fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0FC 10640 bytes
SHA-256: b330ee19234df43adfcb1e72c27dff4f6b52a8772ba4001b54a5845410dd2f7a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE921 17600 bytes
SHA-256: 9c5dfc0a9ece2b742fcf15ebd65cddc0c92d1db395d5c9b13d294b0fb280838d
font_02_sfnt_off0001166c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1