Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 882591449fa9b34a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 94fc43de5674ee540ee630f1528b4bbd SHA-1: 377a0b2df3dc4317a95b77bd7dedb4d35f0efb8c SHA-256: 882591449fa9b34a071b7dc994f4c57d5c120abd576fcfae0ecbf77d95bfb9f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JS suggests it may be used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or initiate further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfca77555919f604e78d0879c2404bd3/10004875243.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a167e87d1---sazisupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90dd8ab0b885127c77538f93028c55e0/bamiwutenuwigupugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhsonhoa.com/webroot/img/files/34502778385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/fibemasemuzubaxagegimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe0c7c036b1f88aae2bdd881b75f400/wikirejezaguwitiwivezuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed52058a54---84080759773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5703n1n6999-6a55.com/contents/files/wekigowalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109141144388255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/78015809051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/fadufipezena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/vokidozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.nagydavid.com/files/files/pusotexomupadivine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/wudipixetomafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinet-blin.fr/ressource/site-image/files/fawaxitepawivawixurodiwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/mirogusimolotofok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/weredefegobevovujerofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/sanegagibexetovudoxasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/merexazopinopewuzinivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/55883581482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com/webfiles/file/nowiderikatexubolili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28237661170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=lords+mobile+mod+apk+unlimited+everything+2020PDF 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_off0000c86e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC86E 16540 bytes
SHA-256: d2c97f3ea47919f68c3458ca7dc79a84735754942278e3e8acad793584cdc935
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CC 11552 bytes
SHA-256: 9953f0a2674ef64042466fa426c146876dacd75e6e4495e88fdbaacad277a91b
font_02_sfnt_off00010da0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1