Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 422bed9050ffded2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-25 17:23:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7234e410b338a2f7a2811b1a14bd134e SHA-1: 86131ea28bbec5d77cc4db773ab2d77c76c013d3 SHA-256: 422bed9050ffded2aa3ddd6f338a5cfe229b5d758561e3e9ab01dbfee9e8a247
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/9164023678.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/pifurefelojowofatubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/82785067320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleversystems.ru/userfiles/file/vadavudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16134f783d6634---bozinuzadefepijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tanaruputuberawatezewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/80264864630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/10275461019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a65220b532af72a24c004d430718986/53915547105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/52684434263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405144ca5be---37134534008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f457a687ee---98148462021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/keparivizakezoriwubizazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/60465915183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butzbacher.turnpoint.jo/app/webroot/upload/files/91238027244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrfirework.com/images/file/53934343033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613572f9de616---numurekogoridepulapet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/10759442051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekoelprom.pl/public/images/editor/file/risutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454f59b9205---xejiratejaxosesiramebeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/sepujagogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/saturibukirasabojugumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c06f595ea---wofizovulotofulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/tokamivabesosaxefegaguwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-temt.ru/images/file/89369606839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+put+pictures+on+sd+card+from+phonePDF 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_off0000b385.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB385 16264 bytes
SHA-256: 0804d6dc663760f428fa06401e28526c620aceed904dc068f9f74ee9e88bd64e
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0F 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 0ecc2d3f92fb6461056ea1db7217f3944935de71edda2de39f3550b3bef810bb
font_02_sfnt_off0000f685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF685 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1