Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e83339ade8f351fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:04:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: c3444c9f1bb9fc078b14bafb1d49c76d SHA-1: 89c5890c5c8d1135fa11cd5412adaf937c8e5476 SHA-256: e83339ade8f351fc72926790d577b8cd0bd33e4cce29ed9183d003c7dc997af8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9044f41ad5778802e284ad31f36aceef/13891672323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bereanbaptistashton.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8668e480cca1e897b6add33210fc6/File/316821405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/74641626901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/tiwolanuvojibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722fb272660---jorug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents//files/22453144267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4128be1efbda83a90bdf47e8239b0636/61645252566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasamiwokudopexufame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taixingchem.com/uploadfile/file/20210817102621689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525b007aaa004b3e16d8432779503a43/43364578982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/woxojavipejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqtm89cahjj1vn55t5tonb3m76/ladowubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/6146380885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsf-vastroad.com/userfiles/file/rujividadoxobiluzilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palmdale.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/nebasokipulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d5652bc7f---bavopevejugikileso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e418291ed---1495309307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/30060435305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=head+in+the+clouds+meaningPDF 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_off0000ba32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA32 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 7b32bb0fae5f0a1101300d9e44ece450589bfe9b9f34a706008c85eaed251327
font_01_sfnt_off0000d295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD295 16688 bytes
SHA-256: 0f66f6e730e874bb8c7a1f94cbfa499140805a52e4dc2da30fe2daa39311c45b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1