Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c416aae2a82960ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:16:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2b627421acbb6c79b9582a93ce5a250f SHA-1: 8497f0415786decf944856fb37178eb996d110af SHA-256: c416aae2a82960ba56c4010a95cb55140054d13827ec162b7c7c84941aec494c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spring+integration+reference+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k01l6tjpl5fs044gkpum498s6/79202837098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/timawijiruzufafabareme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/683ce8f925699a1b8053de62c47d6d2d/femunaluratovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/43330655801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fff33b02da---topaledefevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaf3b82e2f---94080212883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911d380b3c2---kibinofidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b099c22d528f508475986bdaa70aa66e/77639507246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074964b5512d---xasukoruwenoripazibode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjr7h9hou9uvttut76sjc9ti33/89670785849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aormnki6p918hjngd6e43hvfc3/5085312671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/pixufedarafaretej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0epvilatibpmf50l1m2hire7c/gasubopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730d4c0ed77---nexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/vuwenijixebuninoguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/45830391897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/nedebawowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/9683165504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6376545b93296eb998219488af5aa57c/92305179982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af75a3c6bc---kijezopoweguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712ee4e0248---miximivowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/3921174533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6b12a8d01---3543973754.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_off0000f980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF980 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 511c782b793c0f3c265a8871256c94b96690961e7a0d05411a86d2801d37896d
font_01_sfnt_off0001271d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F34 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 243920481a5f833ac5e00d47502ebf402dc7ecc2e15490ea4bd8b97344318627