Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84ae5ce2adbdccc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 14:33:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e69677eb5f387480a0782c360f3767c3 SHA-1: 9f2819cd740b79c1d02e3f4b9cf27b39f89586d5 SHA-256: 84ae5ce2adbdccc2d0d02a90d42bb7f80b39181a55cb2ebca630e512841cf164
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links form a link farm, a common technique for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b5681cf81---nupetavonu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c35a6c6ef---zegudaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00ed9bd05---dobitajagivapekoziwugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfsg94ijc7vmpecsmhv8vmo4r2/wifurolegebuvowovodum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/zisevejeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/17493531582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/70099281064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/59403069174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e3d99a6b7---robajalivepizozonenomali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pisevusimoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd8dad6bf---wumazolisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5uuqvdsj13jeu59jph44fi5rro/30526145306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/viridetaxotifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ea4411997287c6fb9e8404e615c35f/tifiparep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38568ba9a1---71001236664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3227d32b6d4f0e95eae6c7d3b4004ac/18793258286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/radejelepaxopeporobofujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f3759310a518f12c15b2f7e195baa34/71794526007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/mumitakevavizifusabira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36055dcf66---25754745849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/12298514959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/tixosira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c93a0def3d---29747079140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah2.com/contents//files/81494028056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=i+was+wondering+if+you+couldPDF 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_off0001148f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148F 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 63b348b1e28ee42d39438a0cd65b11841927333038f7b7acbe1c20328d2c4f3e
font_01_sfnt_off00014328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14328 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015b3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B3F 10804 bytes
SHA-256: de2fc088bef26908ffa00e3917b4215d65c1d40c9ae9a3fdbb500d66630c84f8