Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a84d2bfec5690efd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 02:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: abdb8ac3f84898ffb492169a4d78e304 SHA-1: 5f4137244e17386e17baceaeb7f39a50a44773db SHA-256: a84d2bfec5690efd2bcd88f27e5f4d9046ae75f1df80f763d22cf654a3fa9031
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious content or to serve as a distribution point for further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b1f02d842---nigupanunal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/lafekata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gbjels5bs9sonagfkbplecmq4p/petafakefogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68924909873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indovinandoilmondo.it/themes/userfiles//files/50202678814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/42765375966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphuctqueen.com/upload/files/88359751679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/pikazimute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/71883364710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb42109084d---kikaxawimatoxutubipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1b028d7238---wobasufulewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51138665337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pttj499r80bokb89kj03h8btb3/44501491979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/149cddd1f72aa4cc8f479d3729b4bbc3/bizoxiwoluxobifobokesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720f701e0d9---wutifabowitepidovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163574f46146774c77d0ef151507da46/dopufota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/nowusapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dec0ecd05ec---76099034545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/pererejozuxure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/77758764513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2b8f8bbe8---gomofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/dujizuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/75378462658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ff450339a---bimosifiserafujitiwojalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=do+you+have+any+question+interview+answerPDF 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_off00010e84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E84 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 1a468ba3d8f029da778e3782aea646c5e333c4ff24f4e66d6d3cb11047bffbad
font_01_sfnt_off00013d31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15548 10672 bytes
SHA-256: edfcc881f7adc118c58f8671db33cea0bdc69294dd1e04bbbc55ffa8f8ff2d61