Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 223c54e8f27df7b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-10-03 04:10:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d93c0658d277faff48668654f95b04f0 SHA-1: c98afbf3888e7008edb44c073957d959955c8db4 SHA-256: 223c54e8f27df7b6456929802ceafc6f975c3b94f7e416957eddc0ae809f5e0e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nude+nails+with+white+design PDF link annotation
    • https://xtremefitksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74749025671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/10352648970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lalorraineperdue.com/documents/pariledemupazogukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaxabc.com/userfiles/file/20211003055238_459457831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74216281006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/157ed4389e81dcc9b003646003a8d154/wulizexawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615383907e5b4---lubofavofeselir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406bf0a6cfd---xigitavuwidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhodium.vn/uploads/news_file/8348442075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140315708e1b---gixera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.memoriahistoricamalaga.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/demubenopimafasikera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpidia.com/contents/files/bonefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/24044334045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/09/14/jewijugibezixagamos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/mazaxenuxagoluvoludod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/9794360753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igs.compcierge-asia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belenafapepuperotepuzoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25268631837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f959b034c---4838305063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/67194493600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platcometals.com/images/file/rapixotipazamowotebezotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/kiximewuxidifadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culfordequestriancentre.org/UserFiles/file/sunevusezafitisebevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstechno.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/basidapuwexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.com/files/files/zolumozuvek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/wopafaz.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_off0000b52e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB52E 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 3e51fa33553e2847b6ce82c66bb2981fa5cc7b431a1eb8202eab4b5b6c6e83cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC0 14520 bytes
SHA-256: 1869ff249e93d041b7581ec637cd53592cca3b9d86b2ad314167d3acb2ca17ca
font_02_sfnt_off0000f11d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1