Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b83402d9989a6904…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 45b629cea2a029b5da0ebf30bcb2cf60 SHA-1: 699700740ae8e0192455cd11185a3453b55b4107 SHA-256: b83402d9989a690476f706275b48b7c5f2cdb3255874aa6461db994b7791f248
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://flairpens.ru/uploads/files/19086986536.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pioneerbuzz.net/userimages/92928538529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/143d9e5ee3ff1bf9cf38f678ea410b0d/9651679775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nk-sostanj.si/files/file/50975963968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29958091716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133161071c05---nomiwifudemijavigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.group/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///4738323757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/vafiwamapozazatomisazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/93170444137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s4l.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/majufadupuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safaraval.com/basefile/safaravalcom/files/koxolomukujobawavomam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divyabodhanam.org/userfiles/file/vobozaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://as-eng.biz/userfiles/file/93749452388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexxyin.net/files/fckeditor/file/28288036336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artedeeducar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusatiwowunipadodifonuduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/zugifavoxagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/59767464961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suphammamnon.org/uploads/files/sudinulufifegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rizamoxoximawafakume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-champagne.com/blog_images/blog_/file/64193090762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mosibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/futon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/89503247531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130221eef90f---gofevapuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+can+someone+see+if+you+view+their+profilePDF 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_off0000da33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA33 19188 bytes
SHA-256: 73bd0f533779118df5931022a2f2f1cc3ac91510ca4080865d769fb2488da2f6
font_01_sfnt_off00010b57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B57 11244 bytes
SHA-256: b114d2fc0c55720d2725ed394e2f7b11329e79ad5845cf0cc064242418bc1363
font_02_sfnt_off00012599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12599 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1