Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d22a4ee86d3e609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:10:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 00bb3f87a9e821979f3a0dde5acc2888 SHA-1: 01f5b37827501e251f8a21ba3cd6f5b8fb2878dd SHA-256: 4d22a4ee86d3e6095b7362556392974ba3a808f12d13f2c12753a6b1d6db9677
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 sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://hankyunget.net/userData/board/file/zibemiwurofutix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn0b8bhl6j1fh4nd57mavp7hce/36426711333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90473896388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavirujipak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korvioinfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48339846137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45378857956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402f56e1576---72059927071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/263d55de9c4e51e57ed7f2600dfa1d70/mobulomegevotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/daxaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utcsp2.rustyramone.com/uploads/files/94083323927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/84765460907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atasuorganiktarim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/80764938331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxshop.mn/userfiles/files/bemesatuluripoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/nupebigasurefexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/38868447935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvzriu.org/images/file/38363404263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/metulivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamvickwhitebeck.vn/luutru/files/87098659139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjahfg.pl/upload/file/woroludolaviwexalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83476554436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614626afbdb02---vukusibitagapugarubukoraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/18225757942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdudyogtechnologies.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwokajajoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbc38c2518---revokukupewetosusuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/somuketevadujixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210912044817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04fb1a135e852472cdf8c92385a42df0/pozifibavegilugipivokiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=crc+handbook+of+chemistry+and+physics+101th+editionPDF 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_off0000d475.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD475 18740 bytes
SHA-256: ca2861c2e8dbcb5386eeb404e69ee29ed29c0aa010ee25319c1eb89dd510e359
font_01_sfnt_off0001055b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1055B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D72 11392 bytes
SHA-256: ff670aedf93d29bc4469559e94a41ae8e404d0f034d00518556ee38cd0a0c6b1