Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 621033c4f8785542…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:46:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: eddd5f2607c489a3314813b5d7b6c722 SHA-1: 356efd37f78ac6162d701902531811e3f2622d11 SHA-256: 621033c4f8785542ebce9c6310352c2c6d9998eb82ddd189d8d989a2097d9c89
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+worksheets+grade+7+cbse PDF link annotation
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/39680484651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ta3rkj0uq3jjegmudfvdbjksp/91040722209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eacff9d8a8d47b5c12f8638a61c4262/42602757120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/vaxodevubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10lqjb6ogr7v5igrnapvk7ddk0/gegifobosetivekawanepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2bdedcd3b---woreligivoxuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b092597309591bbc569938eed9b490/dukixuxagige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvms6dluuohb7mc5oga51567ba/masusebaluzegexode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/sitadokunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/botitiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hurtowniaroza.pl/upload/files/16778745410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aeap.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/savim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/medexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t9jqbl42bim8i2mqn8aivsbhc/sekufujiwijolivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/10016220389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poketomecam.com/uploads/files/99842454964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvacations.com/userfiles/file/jojatediroxuzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/najogoguvajewawufizotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusixenotalanuwixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/tidelaletuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888chji.com/userfiles/files/61263545865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51rgmrfa18qg0qcdr7lr8d7qkp/kodinabiwikofejide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c3cfd9277095e2c6027e9fb8fe15aa/bozobogonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/94493922491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01d47e6b3a6e6024eff4dddeae58186/kezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bf89c7d65---3739623416.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_off0000df64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF64 17672 bytes
SHA-256: add64aeefaea4160bca604145c933b1e7e112267a5dd0e61ed3514fd2a031f56
font_01_sfnt_off00010d07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001251e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1251E 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 4178c3d9839b8537624c924353951047824bae9b6080ef92a7e1bf643a232e51

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