Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 522d849cedfeb873…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:14:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a6a01db73e5bdadaec703cf56bb1e699 SHA-1: 7f2ec0133a0686e77b1a2ed77827939d249a9993 SHA-256: 522d849cedfeb873c68499491ed94635b75d8e01d5a92fdc9ae30507b925c83d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://woodfur.in/userfiles/file/4661232314.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b1879905b---19183682971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/87456609087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xeroxexpres.cz/userfiles/file/14522682164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/83901720117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/domexefubalokodop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafconsulting.pl/Upload/file/61882425869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a5d6bd626---22221718196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agpbmdtf.xn--p1ai/upload/file/laragekonifofonidapafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanasulcikova.cz/userfiles/46554289475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/44161837326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/netugowumovivafupatevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/42895084801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abss.pt/userfiles/file/sorofimidoludafupejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-providence-ehpad.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36999022293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/miwofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandartsindex.nl/images/uploads/51066059000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/89766156133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/somuzerixaroxagazikedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transgusto.ch/userfiles/file/fapaxeminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wabarifixofuberojasuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fagegibubelod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a86cc58cb6---fifesixudofulexakaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luthier-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44747273486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=supply+chain+management+sunil+chopra+6th+edition+solutions+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_off0000d717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD717 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 23f227162ab97fdbfe98657d61846b770d4dcb5a6f356febd619da4d4eb581c0
font_01_sfnt_off000102e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E5 11524 bytes
SHA-256: 12f0a4c26105ded866e0ab3dac3a53aa934f86880b1fcc5d54bb3fac691aff29
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1