Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a83fa9813df8d328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 00:00:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c49c925e38a8f7f17d3d3205289e122b SHA-1: e65507b9cdde7370bc58d3504fe5602ec7ef0ba1 SHA-256: a83fa9813df8d3285d0aea43e6b2e004233b582f9793adf38698354841855ae0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier flagged it with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7r2cijgcko8khc7uabh1oqno0/57597185761.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7c1d6e70c0---dajegokobojewawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c5500c060dee3f514776c1a7d6b249/17328925308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6704914904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wesixilepofivatate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/pagasitulisuxefakesozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6fba52b94f---daduwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa834678c4d---pudujukema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/davesaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/1530674695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unifor975.ca/userfiles/file/82490247058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82252205537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608882cc328ff---65959634221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/xagusinijabojirebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/73856728163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.monts.sk/upload_images/file/kutumijagexibadirigawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/663fd2594b0d5a97e481f4abfaca5f45/52960923125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/587854765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexconsulting.ro/webroot/files/media/67674723671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/dopebimegezetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/jutapojimarajofibagaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f323d1eb15890b71e19f0b49e3129f9/65867960802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+complementarios+3+grado+bloque+4+lainitasPDF 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_off00013e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15624 19492 bytes
SHA-256: 9c26f8fb87149f74b7089f7a78a6a6c14b2d3b19829cfad8c0c6b9d2ef892f5f
font_02_sfnt_off000187f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x187F3 11604 bytes
SHA-256: 013a66f73f5c0fe6693a16fd208e4c7928ab54aaeea888996b3b68f5b79b71c8