Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 422d21beaa1a4950…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:25:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: d44e283aaf0e823cf942a67241595d1b SHA-1: c9f7e6d87096abca9ef6a9e154405d71cf7e4949 SHA-256: 422d21beaa1a4950d586dc31f95ac3d5d5ab5b33a320e34b54f1198c9bb64aeb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common malicious document delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft6r65qihdj3hans6pd1rb68if/verosiwisujujanonenupum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/61938615977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbbj313erimts3543ilmsn728r/52955021756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111a9430d2ff---46883212661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e25ddd124c---2917286205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/99592348345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4300cd40fc---55231831745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monterroso-construpuntos.com/campannas/file/tobobumevelosizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/71822929757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scanclean.bg/upload/ckfinder/files/zekalagiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sapkbvfuqn6ml3hi3aaihi95u7/75097866195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96635600477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/51196652032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/88421621950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b232cbcee5f225e9711fb34c2366e8c6/98046172392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/gabavukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b360b911b1c---4793927550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63436e6593c1ae7e65e7bf4049b7c69/gasenovobizufeniwifurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdcbaed79d2---95036896823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatishev.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/junivupenapopizapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tdkmv1b0jln3upjb01e2dc356/95496333579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93007609655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6623bd17b---73238349432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=celebration+hymnal+accompaniment+edition+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_off0000c690.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC690 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 424039506f5c3714d5560823160e7c16d39247572f862224257e4dc5a22ab1fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF524 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 473fcedf015f020f207af6f06cdb17d3af149a2fec7e184de5482fefcc01bb3d
font_02_sfnt_off00010e4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1