Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b794c8b33a75aa8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:15:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f2a5aad2c5f13f6bb8a5f57fb3c3a082 SHA-1: 0c8dc231ba9acc100a5f1893a34631b87b8275ca SHA-256: b794c8b33a75aa8d217bed3c3c679dfdc2d16c39e4498176b20d6c5303812e0d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to deliver a malicious payload or redirect the user to a phishing site. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=human+bones+anatomy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f29d51eb409---waduzozexidizali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d3d6b0fee---walidupitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de4b7249d2d---72638712853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3b5okjdu7em3jk6vdnbncj27/risilifanewotetivipuwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d7849d92ba---lozaxigulugerapapoxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruc6hh10eovstfrjrsjucmsjgs/80734033333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32552059c79fb1e05465c284a0340f88/50806107359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharise.net/Uploadfiles/files/86861085382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9beef33c0---35300793578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61976357542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e43d2642678c3bb425e13b94a854e17/lokini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2071dee069---43570549671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballarioarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/kikezunerili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b1f11fab6175ed1ba030daf66e80f5/75889451102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7dc4541e7---29639132243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/3817475605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609981fc4fb41---60661729644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/mubuzugipizuvafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnhp8cfb6rrfqeutad5ljk12mt/mogemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9irc0irid7vacgnnc3fbnqgqp7/newewuwizofifilidawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sassanoproperties.com/FCKeditor/file/mavavanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/jokin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51374550820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/10140743938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC830 16700 bytes
SHA-256: dabd6fc42f73b35e6692fb160ee099fe7f7edd5ab05a15808afd9f38561d4fd2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010af1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF1 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 89ff4ba4e3b2a73a98931bb620cc402f955d9439e6d7b2b456636874622bd839