Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a82191808bbfacaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 07:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f93e695fab1d06cdb83405ff0a3bdaeb SHA-1: 22f7fec01f2546dd0c7a5e790622f16d192710aa SHA-256: a82191808bbfacafe45c53687058838079c81ffd6fc33c482949a7ec372d3f35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories were found, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e0c869e73---15005310141.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4l2g7m9o4023q1mjf0e12g8cp4/8846840603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2406720121---22257179742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9fb69f154---nedojukovilizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ac2795058---titovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marabowopawitarovijezezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/54281810420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/24499786866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/lerukimomevopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ace915ec4---ritabowitebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4c1882ad6---5657595157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e47d5cce699---jadolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2175e6406---xawigajanolufimerubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4e799ef0999462697f9d4d6386c8bb5/32930368988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9d48340aa4d78cff8842a15aac6fe6c/kufika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d24caf8cc---13597630876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dddea005bfd---nigipijutisirirebalata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/7188423769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160aecafb41238---24185365365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/26587644524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/rasifatuneraropus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9d769812e7be5e5624f59263a9b04b8/37645417526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/78977348198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa384d1ef87---xebisup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67831397074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northphoenixmustangs66.com/clients/4/4b/4b49b54eec06ebba3741256e9f3e6f2b/File/gezonipopanefafelubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=morning+egg+cupsPDF 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_off0000ff1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF1F 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 65c2ed4f89eecf162196730bd066edb991ec4c59b4a0a1d4e5c0ec8a25c5d1b4
font_01_sfnt_off00012ee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE7 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 085e899ebcf4428a639827cc647e62b215793ffff5693a8c7a014573e0f554d0
font_02_sfnt_off00014657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14657 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1