Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 421a121bd65a3a0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:56:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 62dc4b95da13ccd8b151f99f79b4333b SHA-1: 5bf1b690c12e82b7dae72b140008bc5c87eb52f0 SHA-256: 421a121bd65a3a0be0569bcb5abc384ff02c7e61bc20af43be749c104ecbe602
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. This indicates the file is likely a phishing lure or a redirector designed to lead users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=production+and+operations+management+kanishka+bedi+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452b1096ff7---bezikaliru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://client.diffuse.info/files/71587176230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmoxx.mn/userfiles/files/20333752576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoatuoi360.vn/uploads/files/30569042223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://semanbio.com/upload/files/vujiguxekepepuzuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95352686240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4e6a29ecce337a9ce2736cabc425694/pabarolokur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368bb5b6841---gixakaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210910085242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhses1h54ks4kp6rdjjpos0nf6/24325930634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/90660373168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/9814994460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/lofosujazod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynispirit.nl/userfiles/file/difapotut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ea389ac709---zaxoruxovomiketuzoxanikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztracenaexistence.cz/files/content/file/zusekabekilajidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8912051014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/jivavup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/wixamixizule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gavinodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/62586903471.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_off0000c924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC924 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 1117c7fba16d94abd66781a378cb74ea4d1bd14a8fdc26113fa3c5c2d163a10d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f50b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF50B 11352 bytes
SHA-256: c6bd458d0df84483227971b3c01a3f996a52d1bb51829c33c0cedcc5e712c5b8
font_02_sfnt_off00010f30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1