Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 522ba9a619914a72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:13:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c9a671085fb785aa17e83cbbd945c4dc SHA-1: d3953dfe2117ecfade8a715acc80bccb07454d33 SHA-256: 522ba9a619914a7211a8028e145b5914e8c3ed4352fe0e0ae0772e4b927d0fd6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely for phishing or to download further payloads. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=find+the+half+life+of+a+radioactive+substance PDF link annotation
    • http://humansharehouse.com/userData/board/file/dimedogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillandbrownfamily.com/clients/76964/File/10543364608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/6732846742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c963e7f051---48477986484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801f51d30e6---josarodemazumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/64761001794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/34360870054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenit-npk.ru/files/file/zujotasawava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henrycrawfordreunion.com/clients/1/19/1929e20d1ffebcad6d8b2a659e9c170d/File/mexemukafonujetaxinubej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23946d08f08ddb8b36c83865443678d7/44581549932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cityface.cz/res/file/ramumoxopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bramfordgc.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53071707657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/29743647752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerituxarodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/71902270188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/81632130849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sglpdnsacjdko3dcq4d777l1k0/82166250203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112cf352bbb9---zipirufoguxuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/dajopisuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biluvokugitafesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bed2a41af---zinewegipevonebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/desazuveluvixiparixawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b06480089---89205105636.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_off0000c265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC265 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 46b6b13436a76f2d5509a6d7c9736bb570ff849d8a7539eef8450e3b8f92fe48
font_01_sfnt_off0000db5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5A 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 528238005397469227041c264fcb7911dcc0022c75f918d59ecfb33d8250c9d3
font_02_sfnt_off000107c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1