Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 983179bf38681f3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-08-01 03:19:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 030b8df938bba9c0f84136e2f5ce15dc SHA-1: 83ff39b9e1c67850ffec48d1358f3bf28d565a8f SHA-256: 983179bf38681f3d9f3cb99a912f747334abf1ea84dcd48140317693b15a2fd1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/58545901214.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phs60sand70sdecadesreunion.com/clients/880504/File/gunufaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/vobotavizeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/lejagafiminuxefujuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f8e08d0261c4042f08debeb36d28bf/vanukibusojarafiwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3e7e25a35b4edf721f23dcfd872fffe/rozifimigokozufenejirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af368d38cd903ef061d236c5ccf76bc0/suzamaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10aea01803f240e9c3cb7a5522805965/93742857916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/7816298376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79729768706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/nekadiveruregapusiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210430222929387351810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/mikolofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a389d7097---webubuwunoxifitonetigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764e135c55738c3f50a420e81162fbfe/ziweleji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hchoanglong.vn/userfiles/file/lobekumasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/98614265938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6kkm8ggj8smaqusrdfs62c27t/jemijitugibovunexupajavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820d57b6d4a---31677395055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/84976527131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/82848726089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5cd42c4a5---3832234969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/juzalanepufaxafizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf24b93bce134a4da8f95ef65adeeb8/72326000690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8e18fde45e---rimivesasabomesuzuvezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hp+p2000+msa+device+discovery+toolPDF link annotation
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/93043577303.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF295 17104 bytes
SHA-256: 1f8c83cbaa94a44e4e6deaec7a2342ad264a9a025393eb68b9600ac8cbab1fc7
font_01_sfnt_off00011efa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EFA 1888 bytes
SHA-256: ac390e7129c320fd9ce9c02b788cee9a3c8e3d57c52927ec694ad3aa046fb0ac
font_02_sfnt_off000127cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CD 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 5362efcb76278a4b3ebeaa3922dfff97dc886d6f3e298906d1d9258bc5d06871
font_03_sfnt_off0001415f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1415F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1