Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0626168e44b919c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-10-06 17:30:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d02edffe4963eb57b53c32b4e56e83f0 SHA-1: 595e24cec53a13b39db50e0b37935f2d42ec9b69 SHA-256: 0626168e44b919c624c25541318fe5619c02bea628fdd741a323f77b0b4bc2b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded URLs and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=boxer+puppies+nc PDF link annotation
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37939088711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudukizuxajitosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporomn.com/userfiles/files/49372502550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319e0ac2a04---81147619136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/52146812433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovivogub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congress.bpv.su/content/files/files/49783365498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9603800435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzps.pl/userfiles/file/91339913451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzhero-sudzhensk.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magerareziduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615659c59cfcd---84177726477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/povudovenizifugabidefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/zisokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/92666215825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/vakijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/dikufugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ef6d664904---53809656740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/58914244732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aburobocon2019.mnb.mn/uploads/files/gipidodelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifilojejexivowesamanawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/tugisinutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16154053e5918c---xibope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefoster.com/pliki/53399300725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/rixevanumunamovupudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20711580051.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_off00010b8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000123a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A1 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 3b4deb9a811e77c5f9d938af332dedfe9a9b54f052f30e4510a7416948411196
font_02_sfnt_off00013b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B08 19936 bytes
SHA-256: bd2eb3f01327a6ba7d5f4868acfb11c05224e22fa5aa65b9da56f91e7afeddb7