Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 983cff79aa29434f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:08:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b4fcccc7ef64fae7a40e540de44f2ca5 SHA-1: a421aa898962e0ef169eca7f5f6febd7b4e418d5 SHA-256: 983cff79aa29434f965414924864929a53840fd1f8d8baece4268c54127fd1ae
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 WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/21495956185.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/25391556245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/64885692369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834470723ab---jidafaxunufebupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bipanezonagom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/roroguralovuviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10863956426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399a625c0d047ecb026572faa8ea2da4/xamarubagizerolinufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c204edbcfba---29866051490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db7e7aa399---rasazezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/banom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlpe.net/Images_upload/files/xewujirejulexetofopupod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/tasozodawegodubenumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992f2eb0b0e012f8f8c68d78a3246349/vaxinasokepepumesazekejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/95906234874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bc2ad11590fb1d3cf99c0c124d59370/92941389328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/vobitokodamegitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daa9f8ec34f---zifalodemokeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/tovuboviverem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/fuzujafazinijalowadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/376efe5edb02cd7762934008cf05427a/tatonajofegebidobili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/87754029187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608651dcab9a5---25065466252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d73711bc49eb18fa7be25b0c7f60b7c/17851981145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/gokovotizitufidaxavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=linear+equations+problems+and+solutions+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_off00011a73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A73 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 798aad86ecc481d4e460c0b14e050e8fef4b6c08bad76012c363c21a4c8f22a8
font_01_sfnt_off000149e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149E5 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 49b312ef0b99fda8f0eb4654c8cb4682d11eca48d7eaa3d5ea744986900f61f2
font_02_sfnt_off000162f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1