Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 122edeba2aedd514…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-08-26 08:29:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c4546d574150efc28a0eee65ccc090b3 SHA-1: 28fe64193ee286b46734b7a272753c4c53cb2183 SHA-256: 122edeba2aedd514a8970893fbc273aef42a5dce8db9fc98bd6cf84d2e7ec69b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a malicious second-stage payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bash+read+file+by+line PDF link annotation
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dbb4171e06---zewoxumepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/69791063999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vargyasnekonyveles.hu/kepek/other/file/kogoruwupadarojolovaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a6eebd82b---bozutomivanizibuvelowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a015439036b561f2e9e1b7c67fec09b/41390992644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74830584677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seritour.com/rsm/files/potonemobosuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/50315252240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18e38ff9dd488415320e1ab18a851661/dukagifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congthuonghotel.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/dakepetefobukeposetate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c756d122a8e---2866791072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089391996b09---kokopuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf430c15258---14886183012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b47a12319a7b161d7bb3d8f2f68d85/60767425135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27445335798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/guvivokelomuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/jinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/lobolarawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6339624d49f6215579812f4306ae989/zutogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ebb2036da---bigawawufireraxobebuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalzilembo.it/userfiles/files/68792411367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/69743369919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/29112222023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homecareangels.ca/files/files/files/5087956212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/41988211821.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_off0000bf65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77C 10540 bytes
SHA-256: b82d807bfd8108088c15def11b0fa40fa671405660ce9dc320fc4b5d36612c84
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF64 15464 bytes
SHA-256: 047c52a304aa36fa746ff4d456e1b8d445da7940dc238fdf27d537bfebd857c8