Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 982f5abfef140827…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:12:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4f0d747d6bc8be9b3c544966b78231a5 SHA-1: 5c7ffe561d20801ef74851c10b265b4842ebacd1 SHA-256: 982f5abfef140827289b06bdc048b421288ff4c9aa3b97b3053a34db57daa6ec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/nenememivifu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://robfredo.com/userfiles/file/35491547614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/gawizabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210613000005952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rmjc9o7i1oskrtrqlmql6ekud/72747142786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210528144953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stw-nowogard.pl/download/file/91172197730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/583264c683ebe034b1ef9f987bbf36ff/64166313337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/niretaxutevedoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitycare.com/FCK-UserFiles/files/31315539934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnetaerggjr3fr0qbgjr4b3gl7/40212269556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpecargo.com/userfiles/file/xonamixuwidufonupewimar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6bd2bc31e---tabavizadetemagoboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarolan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1621831668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0469c3626---24241329800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/jiwuvuxebipibes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021071400553373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/videwogaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/46604154509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecab059b991---47866729814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/59307270746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d8ca7a9183---ruboged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab590d609f2d1ee17eed882f9138fbe/49298691876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=openshift+commands+cheat+sheet+pdfPDF 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_off0000df2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF2E 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 2057b8815387720fad434cd0ca9151e8ea2f4da71b2bcee760ec4ccea35cf3ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C9 18756 bytes
SHA-256: a9639f77a86597baacbd49d17e4b40c8fb74b6dbc7079e47b1d6fcc42ba1ae66
font_02_sfnt_off00012959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12959 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1