Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 421b22e8faa96476…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fcfac9531ca7c5fc1dd49ffd697c139e SHA-1: 22b85aa26c6ee033876337a78f7b1f5cf948dd0e SHA-256: 421b22e8faa964767d9add56b8fe39626bfa32ae7dc6d706e2065694cf8f685c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting an intent to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of external URIs and link farm indicators strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+depository+name+on+direct+deposit+form PDF link annotation
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/81849813861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61153294344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://better-pharma.com/images/file/files/tupewifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e644d590a14---bawuriranotosaxovipomasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d939168ebd---jonutasuxoniwexiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d6626daa0---49662097585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d6bf34ec7b05c3091487b399c5542af/fojaresimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d75afdd64c426adcc2f885a320eb0ca7/jutabonaroboweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bbce5e075f---27482096444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/vugirapupilijudejidenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5256a9b503---22882628958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/94036443306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/safepope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuonghieutoancau.vn/uploads/files/12590451351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be495df1124---gemixelejalipokuzakaginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timapools.com/uploads/files/15784056597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/28294452892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5b87125ae8---ronujarizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/timijesimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/141eeg2sk1g74u6nfeov9anmdp/bobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7877497cfd---bugopujibeporubasedixujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86dc6ce7586178207a0ef2d3c7aaf32a/juneralonugelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49cecf706451b3b563c62f4dddfd3796/sexoteruxewirawije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdq3hf9ou7721j9b1rqi18ro31/94573553049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myqself.com/upload/files/fiwexeti.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_off0000bb0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB0C 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 922d8d817a900d8e4402847a87885358d22ac1b00aba04e808be1971888b3690
font_01_sfnt_off0000d447.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD447 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC59 15116 bytes
SHA-256: 0d1f47741f9b0c2afb08c31def0c31ce0ee5f4744686bb516b68ad51c5d5a0cd