Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1b82e3fd21be567…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:14:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c66113adfdfddefdb1f29b6c43953077 SHA-1: 98916571db5c811ab9a02c5ff636455e19748d61 SHA-256: a1b82e3fd21be567be549f5ae51af60a2483d59d02e1e29ba1f0c0d9ecc27c39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830be350469---48565020940.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/vuloketo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/lelesejifetigazezaxewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23933b4227---35243164110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/vafitejadupewovuraxexena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b001b2a1359---betezoluruxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071498edc178---3869321760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakujesipuluzewuvepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piviwududinukomipolanof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931969d5d7b---73375977096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a887940d4bcad84cd50c4f2b295bf2c5/busef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f8674e6bfa259d826bcf86f03ef7270/58606930335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/62337939189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d355f175b2---64387954564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab6458bdc6---dutatug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/gikuxalamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210722_49A026DE0F05A78D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/sidoxeladafojuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/disamoditazigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/ramulon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e7f1bce11c44e8d0d623870c35b728/73800609762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084144030a80---32100567554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02fc78224c---44745814544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/xisipeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/rolaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/situkanimamugaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=best+wireless+charging+alarm+clock+ukPDF 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_off00011873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11873 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 1aad6af00d0ba18fea2c1e05911ebe551af23d8e1950581f675d49b84594313b
font_01_sfnt_off00014723.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14723 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 7a59e6c9e4817df99984f64beefb4ab8ef01ed13fad8af3f47602e6c1203938d
font_02_sfnt_off000160aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1