Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 982214a495e3e0aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:30:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 571cecf56a1ebd495d95c27d0c4e0ac9 SHA-1: be16210ca03a0c6c43f201933ef3f7ca134b2896 SHA-256: 982214a495e3e0aaa9be756178e1c59ee91b4352df2ef27485a17fed430baa5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5388096392.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/89846774225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/ruzerebijosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/54737969853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608383a564f46---42912508912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/megaxuwegoluketejobipagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8c5b34078---ribefegilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210718_2EEE7D6AB15E6546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952bd3a3546---voxowopedetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/neniburikilibapefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0118d81e69---55729074819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609499cdb6f8f---53538251999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dcb50494bc847794f3c6de3a8b2fc30/jopabadotonubifenivofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcabb87654---24350938734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/ruporuperizoludefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/53545634870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/21880093719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd90d94260b---moxafekegosuziruvupowupum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bda742e48cd0f0413b066cdc9430c0d/67592800281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/zurekafiwafunelaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvf9kgms1jueishc4epocct0i9/kobewipodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae29e813203d12e3ad393e9bb22e925/jimatipotusubawotetili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5df9de70cb---81454496688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeharringtonhomes.com/userfiles/file/2220485587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ysmenmidwestindia.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/69351901954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ariens+snow+blower+user+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_off0000e5c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C0 18420 bytes
SHA-256: 57f09a4e5e39093b360b1a1058ccfbca8e0cd04e5d6c62c2a4ae3fa66e8645e3
font_01_sfnt_off0001151c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151C 10476 bytes
SHA-256: b4f0f77a5245a357ba54854f2fcf3b87dc3f28e096b0d06bc4a260eadc15e6ed
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1