Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 522c89f8a3dbf091…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:20:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3bb9315d4f707f47ac1d53a4069cea8b SHA-1: aa55085bf0ebd1d85ec7d414c45c8458cfa7c98b SHA-256: 522c89f8a3dbf091c06003d36c1e9ba15f10962918bccb6ed786e4c4c5556dc8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing the user to a compromised CMS upload path, likely to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+feet+are+numb PDF link annotation
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4880c4cb3a---xameparegofovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608036177b966---22698703688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/legabomisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///beseretar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkatu9uofjtjegdf27o1mlidi3/78228909039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe8ad3bc9c---96200113687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/27510795215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b003513f12---29738594987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1190d98a6c01456995d9de04cff5c6b8/89406720804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24932640033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cac4c7b5016---pobukabivexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/69033914469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/nijivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/tofexupixodebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/zukaperulebezokutani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06a7ea234b1c084770b6dfd7743ffbba/26382203317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/34649443111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/80061370164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komajofesadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///25681025310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/770b2f395164b90167df9d7a6338d14a/27072211785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e9fd6ee29---gixafun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d04002718168c6bbc8710dc5665e1a7/33948957440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090cf2878c65---57209192646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/gofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ba60c8746ed70aadbe2d6f440589c3/9010008450.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_off0000f42d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42D 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 9563d2e2ef68a6938c263f1ed49502364f80fe263d66f4d17551c6b46bc27d9a
font_01_sfnt_off00010b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B60 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 6facd09fd7a4cf55f11e4233c75a2faeae3e024128ea8926ba57b69390b688a1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1