Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 322b8291a75e5f6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:54:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ccd09c1c0b1de2afa64d66091b4e27c9 SHA-1: b88198709b013bcba56520cc1e319be54b5caa95 SHA-256: 322b8291a75e5f6e2784a717901d35639ea3b53ef09fa8ff06b7a4bb345da6b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://xn----7sbicwad4afgcgd5aph7d5e.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3659392951.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csigikes.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/7204989391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seger.cz/userfiles/file/subamatoxekukabasalatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/salijizekebokugunidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/rojamawifuxajexujafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d35c5502c4bc8f7fb8700842fc97c89/36109786424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://6nergy.fr/6nergy/sites/default/user/file/5577432039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/boseloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/pamopajilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migixexobarizigedap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cespquhp2564k3bkfvt5ut1rqp/wobivokepusupoligejimus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d07006cd7---83341077543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birdwatching.sk/media/file/jasizonekefexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/442ef90315976122374f9daec58298c5/ravewakigifala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/53335165225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systempro.kr/userData/board/file/22988613144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvefigarepikiputulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nontaromclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94888563184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divanich96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbirozskepodzamci.cz/userfiles/45938010917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redengewinnt.com/userfiles/file/87142200891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/nitixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49027603865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/9896655646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=yolo+music+apkPDF 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_off0000d129.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD129 19460 bytes
SHA-256: d087535b78c673902fd4ce5611447544939ab95d6d8cd98f3cdfb25e5413cea7
font_01_sfnt_off00010499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10499 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB0 10276 bytes
SHA-256: a3d45909e8cb0c3edda532a73184f2b7d5097e8d78c1746ba6e69f9436a61f44