Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 534d223713b66805…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:59:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f52f7bc2472d2ebbb3f7f593b5b41270 SHA-1: d5ce25213905e4706108d3c4dd5e7c1ec3abc945 SHA-256: 534d223713b668056191a17bc91442c23a8c07cd836e27c9ea3f8c69baa85689
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including one pointing to a raw IP address, indicating malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/zodikepatej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/xajopotabomatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/nidajixaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/90686107343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb20754c0a---wujulimivegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverlabpupsforsale.com/userfiles/files/lijane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlastudenta.org/Upload/file/6143954684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sperrincaravans.com/images/file/92138917262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109091615135911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/nimukuxitobelekojorukikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12667790864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caminodesantiagoenmoto.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308521864ca---74476991487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/jepebotarunokojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climacom.eu/userfiles/files/nojevowumajoworugisug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikuzekawunajedolopu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/tisemexupife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9289a35d3---83778680743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/65726359002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezamirekhaseafoods.com/userfiles/file/8085678479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/wawenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungquanghieu.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/dirudutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/40125216430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+10+full+movie+in+tamil+downloadPDF 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_off0000bfdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F1 17464 bytes
SHA-256: 5dc4a2a1c948c909c36c0f8b388323cac81fc885ed13a5a6c2154bc7523de23a
font_02_sfnt_off00010561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10561 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 673fefb6eeca162832ae98ac2dc03515b20dc046af52aff605bca3c1cdceee25