Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 622d56ef5dc27fb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:22:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: decc365775e8493f3c2b44e624218d67 SHA-1: 54a9de302da27faf8ccb58639be02c23c03d14e7 SHA-256: 622d56ef5dc27fb84d9f5e5dbd6bf13690037318184a7850acb28cac34c1c005
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing attempt disguised as a legitimate document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=accounting+tutorial+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6348fbe5d5---ketemodelilotadijijufosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/74271899107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/nezetijigimopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favudugeboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f38c0ff72---85221498557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202175143192372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/85199984239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/57139595377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/20440139798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayoung.kr/upfile/files/lesizefogowupujosevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d37a48847---52261640931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/direbutuniburowutaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/53313336530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd65304278b---22558744556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/72339578037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e45526b29391fbeadf47de6cc4271d8/52104120912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/votasenuvevukafiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070bf0bf5825bee7f96566971a102e50/49439787550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608483b1d5b94---51896755248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/mikikamod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miryangpension.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210630_8770762885B2291B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2sunbcuoedbec8krljejq44o7/tuwukogoburadaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satybharat.com/ci/userfiles/files/30818169363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612da3efc7712---pokapuvepoxedidelini.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_off0000dfd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD8 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 240771ddbda6e88ed4c6e120849b535449e07d381a37df816953b7181fd4a695
font_01_sfnt_off0000f842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF842 17656 bytes
SHA-256: f1bf1b127a563c65d95cab4f03ab85c5d31f70f6dbc39872376bbcbb83d32395
font_02_sfnt_off0001261c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1