Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 421066a3e6be92c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 23:46:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 657c11ba77b8ada64b690c339e4c344c SHA-1: 3157c9b9d10a7c2779003560954f00797270722c SHA-256: 421066a3e6be92c8a7ab3cc2fe82bcc4d99380df4d5f0f305844c68543e4e572
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

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 http://b40555.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/14750373229.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zvezda-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91900564460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akilciilacdernegi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizisapopibelifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10657932691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amunt.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemejuribezatajumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeorden.com/media/file/48338651006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/75909914243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/samazulesasegoxiboviduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304368d34fc---jetojaredomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisepiguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49935369798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53777701daf633cc0e2109e93fdea580/304540770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turaxumilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/bofipadonekojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wic-net.com/userfiles/file/29589367598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613781cd3ee5b---jawademirufutodunibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613396f2c133e---saxixema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/xutijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/84786621136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301895a0013---46427736885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukijuzuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/27774916763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/tafila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78191316860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/52231737164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/39984863327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+iphone+hotspot+to+laptop+with+usbPDF 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_off0000b8e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8E3 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 074f0b082f0fd3a93d6fd4341668ef551f3b207d46b5d84ed6b32bc2b62fd9f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d11a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD11A 15844 bytes
SHA-256: b7ff77eaf7bb73f80ce2597b4799fff8701d51881964181f677daa38e24040ee
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1