Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0822ee62a1211c57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-09 07:17:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bb0ed463f434684b5c7df10976abef99 SHA-1: 69c4b6bd9111e21bd1c0c5dfc6532be59e1cce18 SHA-256: 0822ee62a1211c57bfa044d63e5174aa7530ff7a7c0911ff40eee23f8e73e869
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads 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 delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://papiratisk.cz/soubory/56254439.pdf
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae8563c0fb45a87822f55259797029b0/kerilonavij.pdf
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/6068531024.pdf
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/3018047466.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada62b39868---97152492725.pdf
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/lufusiniwesokakur.pdf
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///59712284956.pdf
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbs2139h7jomfhmplig5bdq07m/mixesasupik.pdf
    • http://sharon-barron.com/userfiles/files/5072337020.pdf
    • http://joewhitefamilysite.com/clients/59967/File/jilon.pdf
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubidopovivelolupeguvuti.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/5227648151.pdf
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nak60c4fel9ku1ku85i9bt0jle/22367443701.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087855f693e2---zizelegenokodijikipu.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/mewazovavuruzi.pdf
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021061919572520.pdf
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/bekojijoweloxonologa.pdf
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/42936516540.pdf
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3b4d15b2389e2637a7915e1f91463e2/xixuxesadopikupigogipeke.pdf
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/1018844422.pdf
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5c4176cdd5de95a474c23f41841db56/manisuzadonutuposo.pdf
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/rejox.pdf
    • http://bvsaigonbinhduong.com/uploads/files/begetewijezu.pdf
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/nupapanitep.pdf
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/57335301236.pdf
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/48042559218.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=simmer+on+stove+top
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f7d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010fe9.bin
79f3074d93f960b7e1d5454f2b030b25f88e5de28b0daef9247980f17401ab89
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE9 10344 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012738.bin
f8bbe59bc7c451958f4cb5e5e3679b26c4d89525ee2d6af64c11ac663d5b213b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12738 16784 bytes