Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 539222bdec255c7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 00:10:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 98fc6f3e7bada27ce63f24e3052ba58c SHA-1: 130880792d53f76388958d7f41a15a440e54e61f SHA-256: 539222bdec255c7b06d5eb19f99abf46b2ed23e9fafef2ff0076933455ad3afd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to external sites hosted on compromised content management systems. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210712212455.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/sefarodolegotoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cc633dc8ec018ba8b0c7e417a25be74/77628534645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7f662729e---24773924832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b71410eb8---80868339202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/xalolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81f5b81d10c5bfc21546c5bf0685643f/jalegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099aceb5be36---63566918035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c3eadfb6fbd531219421ce7b33a4401/91810541050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38128678333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c603ecdee---74242378126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/tejosudigerijeweraxavogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/32939449346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/67620428203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39142d3db88b9134a1d28088d317ea69/rusokije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/92103481806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/pimexosadesipifosogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostavkaturov.ru/files/file/15270049672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca461a893a---gegisuwamawopiduzuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210708074408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/zivisasesawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784bd586d83---50173633427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ee109367eab9157652559e0ec7e055f/94674266148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/tesozigutazetinefimus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=dr+jekyll+and+mr+hyde+quizPDF 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_off000125da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DA 10772 bytes
SHA-256: ced83e884b1cebcc956f2319f154e3761424580f89fd782dc082b56b9d46d58c
font_01_sfnt_off00013e27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E27 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 6c2f0b993b1c96c28e767605f3a4e24b36e664d4f837e8a89249904edd748dff
font_02_sfnt_off00016b7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1