Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 982abdcce29e104a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-07-10 09:20:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 52c081d7f26e12a81a23de78a404b66b SHA-1: 480dbe7200fb869a3fc41081411dc5e1bc96e5e9 SHA-256: 982abdcce29e104a833c31207554f64431cb00ab7943804c8fcfc77d0c98c992
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, which could be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210618_170803.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ece7b1df6c---60528356786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kupljrhbj17pmsme9hlmk1lqq/28600829922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ponasedagoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a1mqbhq690bvm64mr3mg1598s/80528143627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210612130325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/xokirulimoragubiwixivebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210513025151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e3cb78814---ruzamonupegugidofirajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/73590987103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/toginamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f8a1dcfd55bcc3b2c2ba7e1e8888507/posujamiremiwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/bugakovavadarewasewepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/sinumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/soper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911a397c2e8---berefedavojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a2906ad47---47692169647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/4063726408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084257f65139---52809794691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0ee51e21608c3235024074658b0defa/zakivaparolemozegoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596841fa5b50e18334ad3a6d413ed3c9/27582691736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d98b687fef---26950509870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/bonupefigomekare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ev3f7gddlda0p1auosb53nt04/88221623444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=lines+and+angles+real+life+examplesPDF 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_off000123d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D5 17892 bytes
SHA-256: a312e96b1d30bf824d076ea3736d3f1a3709bea2b77b76f5c6df44f51c56e0e0
font_01_sfnt_off000152cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016ae3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16AE3 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 802922831559a24d9d7ef3c0b04e2b2b61b98df7b7d81c2ff7c45d57f3885989