Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 882d419c24aaab3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:22:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 017d593a5fd8bc103f6102c5ab718f7f SHA-1: 4a62819946bd308288bd76988c59f60fe30d0b76 SHA-256: 882d419c24aaab3e3300a2081c4ae20516d093ab838860e45e6e971ec2b209f4
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 CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to one of the listed URLs, potentially for phishing or to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=7th+grade+iready+math+book+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mosjog3lg8cdfe76rk1rma6v7/rusakojike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/noxarumelaguzowujemoxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lp38lad6gem9a2toqk4clar833/dumexisojibazukuninopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/baxojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2a0c37931---vixifoberegitiwevodirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/dasavefebokaxodetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9ea5db4f5---gatikiwapasalexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60b5c20947---33694435472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdc253c594---goxuvorotipej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wasilibagezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/26332555440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727b0cb986b---mirijixeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210529203351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmkskr2ck1t8a2had4vmtn55fb/begamofisikaladizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/54987610412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb423196ed59cf7f457e17727622c67c/tikulugiwipuwala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iokb3g5k39frvbgcbn0lruhire/37297232157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1eb1d0da53f86499bf77332ee0c26ad/nerajijago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f62a44381---lidebafuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20616928533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ko73cm2hki4256lqhacprqhubn/lixawino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/82577555724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE660 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 2c417b8f7cba3c785c33be5aeda38847f7b7da32c1592a2a29e140960a1bafbb
font_01_sfnt_off000112d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D5 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 0379f6eb38077d87732470cd5efa2e734bf0fca019884ce12f30c8e59aaac97b
font_02_sfnt_off00012c3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1