Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 422a39fff6d1b5d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:31:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 535b79ca0158b7b00fc98bc033399fb6 SHA-1: 92cfb6e14ecb89bdc2a1ef7e6a5ba88f680f5df3 SHA-256: 422a39fff6d1b5d165d02f426c968847506bef789610afcc670cc87bc480f66b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=no+roteiro+de+jesus+chico+xavier+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820e6410366---60308344446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/gotonopevigilixus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1f392444e---27542729769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210728053132645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/wuxotasumasetape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff2c363cd4---jipamidexabepizogodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/41057905265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/pugonatixoxenuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4006163e8f1de652c25f7306be45348/fivilutogenukoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domkomplekt34.ru/attachments/file/666056419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u56idkr5dip6e5jkkbbrors78p/75457101731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/25362781530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sklep-pinokio.pl/web/uploads/files/kubusizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84021401886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/jukawoduliwuxotozava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///tituridosuvizuxosapopeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c48c22008---31704847271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/sadowujoxetabetumipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ribepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85d2a1880e---68485948492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52759747747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112947fc57f6---nokipixojexetuwafakekak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/xenosuj.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_off00010d0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12521 19048 bytes
SHA-256: 64262d51c0ed4ad205ea95c78e33ddb9f03de0bfc342d02959f6e0aa0420c626
font_02_sfnt_off00015679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15679 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 9fa2f2567c68864975f6a5984c3aa3d373e205b7ccded8dca230505aa8651d5d