Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a82e22cede7b95a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-27 19:30:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5ee98f5ae60127a9e811242b72afeae4 SHA-1: 73f96033e5b2f31b184a295a310ab7218198d47f SHA-256: a82e22cede7b95a9ea0a6270dc9c2eac2d1061e3da7af89501ea94f247678de7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious sites for phishing or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614575080b9f6---11951603340.pdf
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/66278738875.pdf
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wefimojugomikowev.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13158a0a2e513c320f8c4ad202c72a72/dituxumulizisuv.pdf
    • https://www.cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21429311425.pdf
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe6f17e57bf217be802fa19d80765ff2/labireforeraxujuzo.pdf
    • http://hutnia.pl/userfiles/file/32050808195.pdf
    • http://botaierpharm.com/upload/files/lupaj.pdf
    • http://vividconcept.in/userfiles/file/pasujixoz.pdf
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/vikorejesaxugolemiforeni.pdf
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62387d7012b3c2d2afb35be3277113e/97663770754.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c1cc609979---50252621013.pdf
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/57773471053.pdf
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27600380412.pdf
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/43325957799.pdf
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/74011995020.pdf
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/20916850047.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5facf71332080aa349f79e7055c2ab52/daniniwimesoxerafufanawiw.pdf
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210916054648.pdf
    • http://www.edgartownschool.net/uploads/files/83971192499.pdf
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/4955101016.pdf
    • http://teakdeck.pl/files/file/bozav.pdf
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/76275032819.pdf
    • http://gyarmatilovastorna.hu/userfiles/file/82915194293.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=best+custom+rom+for+redmi+note+8
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b5a6.bin
a877cb1cf9d0f5355d96d769d66c589bcebc87c8a8578210aa86383d6605185d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5A6 16608 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e099.bin
91c873b9a02c882bac19560ffb07221e3b1e74705afb72312305b7edb7b06bd1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE099 10792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f97c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97C 16792 bytes