Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5622f10db2cf7bdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5269a872cd5286b340f01909b39618ce SHA-1: b941381e89b5a0ca9cad0c9dfacd3f60a88f0fa5 SHA-256: 5622f10db2cf7bdf9388b1f1d9754d13e7be8e3e9e672f4a20a005c761a59702
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a tactic of using compromised sites to host malicious content or redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d716139698d4a004fcb66a3d076b72/43599752276.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/namuvelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b603380a358---sikamenimulivikuramasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/39688312838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607043c23d8b7---70227458399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c216c21ce30708984b8c049143c45c2/91826903543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/daliwesojinekuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/xanagazidejewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095589c76d17---29106039885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisserarm.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/sijizosuwaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochi-mimoto-iin.com/TakamatsuClinic/userfiles/file/65449495906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/26705784201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d15c61808---jajejenajuvajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a246a8e3f16---20721476036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21970cfdfca3499c21f15cd5d6dda42/kudaxasisusilakuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60CEAC6A7A370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a76909830f48b496358a0087dd20629/pekumabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/nujupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/49826115727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rorssrpvvpvv2jjkh3dcu2v3c9/2118408745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/99505332166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/dimerelefijurutevapile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dt7f1t428up691q8e964tigvk/76950991696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39768829427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3030ac957---666099002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=black+with+yellow+eyesPDF 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_off0000f1a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A5 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 7c827cdafd8610018c6c699235419007d87eb5fe2c9131037d7f8704ce2ecc08
font_01_sfnt_off000109b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B3 16296 bytes
SHA-256: c85698e3c62dfd0e3ed2f70dbb91d77e652498115761d25f2b34ad0a20084789
font_02_sfnt_off00013409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13409 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1