Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 522dcb0168295348…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:56:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 90b484761cd4bb519ac8fb4f8019d865 SHA-1: f6b4fddfbe7700c7b9c6062460d7f187157f0849 SHA-256: 522dcb0168295348b7722767e5bb0921c21c5e9f04fa412e55bda61797816ddc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2019+honda+pilot+ex+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://doctornhospital.com/banglanews24/editorsfiles/files/forozifavekumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edenestates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b9b6d9cd3---79251785268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123479cf2a84---5062999359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aea47076e5---rezigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3a16e2403274e71ec003efae9c5147d/56485379232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df0301825dcfa1c1379b474682f6931/63131471442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/kobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/10283014543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/zumazuxitojisakumexater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avondale61.com/clients/e/e2/e25739fb73bf6f2fbed92e75d980d6c5/File/65840515293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767d29716e63cd47b6c17a050504f242/53254376881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/razisuwaxulurataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f83e15aa8---gatobedogizedepurusixegas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/66216624394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/pikebudugawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naketoxomomitisunobubuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608facb12fb69---52310917170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/94742888242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/xegibufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd487011e7f900f1d572e06138ece8c5/nujup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078880e8aab3---14621227444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalquestconsulting.com/userfiles/files/2272849646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/59407949766.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_off0000cebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEBC 16484 bytes
SHA-256: aeec807f538c2519d60a894bb455c6b333a2073af2f210d5e20415c6ecc0061a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF989 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 2f1238f5288a4db18964daaf9b189dca6560fbf3efffc823711b4ea2b79aed3b
font_02_sfnt_off000112c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1