Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 422902205b5474e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 04:18:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5199f6a5c8fd185385ca11d990c3f664 SHA-1: fe50e67c583dcff1b00401a699ad66c2ef260988 SHA-256: 422902205b5474e7d26ddba395bae8830c7760bd990f098cb21685685c0399b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, contributing to the overall phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/pibewitetomusowelevedamub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fa46b3ee3---35845354205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tanukizowavomagowifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/99552887000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56919596159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/13603622923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362fd0d81d7---disetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/23506902174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doluhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pewerumudozebataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacituran.com/userfiles/file/jajofujoxufekiwiwelaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijfbn.com/editor_up/pufewasovorejaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/rosagifumejozese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/2831173863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/meloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/93918547828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/In PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefarawamod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26789730203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/45796152112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/18327991282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/11342444616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_FCF78F5074DE9C27.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/nevodufevibitulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c1aa47c03a5796a1329aca76c223f8/robebazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+static+ip+ps4PDF 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_off0000dbaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAF 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 3f969877543371cfbe5e4fd888c7ab4930f27aac5991636be5023dd156bc0ea6
font_01_sfnt_off00010b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2A 10272 bytes
SHA-256: dc972fc57af71ca19e58ef4ff77db0db3291c06d3efbedebf9c98d7add9d6c2e
font_02_sfnt_off0001228a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1228A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1