Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 422730546888ec8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:37:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 40842f4a9aeb85b6fe9ddfba877bd7a8 SHA-1: 5b0d723ad242423b7b6a42fbaed5334d6ac2c8bb SHA-256: 422730546888ec8a40fb05b982a994f71840d8628bd6669c76af76e25e8c74aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. The document contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'utm_term=editor job description pdf' in one URL further supports the lure of a job-related document to entice downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608715a9d4679---jimifidajeduwutowel.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b11e51951c---66439470927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/darurupepusufeborisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adba34bfcdd8555060bb021daa09db22/28633910920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uuvb7i05nvuug4pn48rr15jk0l/sokejavosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/62879488361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a479b24c63---fakomagosikawiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d08b6dba9bddf2f907c2c07470b141/34144872312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/20915151514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/46480866813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotamsui.com/ck_imgs/files/sonamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e3405917ce---56560909743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccae1a88269---68888522260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enricobarraco.com/files/lawaxarunotejawifejagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a999019e6f3---tijubup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu7nmfrr43irjfhfku08vv10rt/lawofezovutoneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/93385575297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90513e217ea3d9e4e85a94c3576bfca5/wasodesojigutedaparoxisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b3d73e6fe---ruruzaneba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d11935386---85768562665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/gewexesobubodozuvoteduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedarvalekansas.com/clients/875954/File/bibijulejufigevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/93951019103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2a9130311---xevafikakijorusagutiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=editor+job+description+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f461.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF461 18068 bytes
SHA-256: ad4890314289eac33229212e74fd963d80e45c505b11887cff7497d11411360c
font_02_sfnt_off000122d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D6 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 32dfe49f4ff9e9b5ed6c4f9217dc7618b1b23c0ce7cea93a127c1823507e08e6