Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 622e9219e3cc4bee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 21:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7590318abec567ad1559208c06fe1434 SHA-1: c8001baaf4ea8cbf5d87cff782f56aa0d1f26cd1 SHA-256: 622e9219e3cc4bee1d47e5d571ced2a05a9e4e963084874da36fd3678b3debb5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's part of a phishing or scam campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'download button' heuristic further support this, as they are common lures in such attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf7f3d8e70---dabada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae24fc7443be0dda64fe0a8a06d14a3a/52552556138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/vivimuvosigufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/64280519181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/87255782578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca4751da81---13409275943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7130d3b4b767b1104c26def9c5c8cd04/xetukemumetajexadara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c16bce1e58806e5cccbccda8b72435b/18615754256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/jezatevatujinirife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/wagikorazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents//files/fedamofoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20148a2a8385805b5c45e866c9ea710/2296339062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aaab78e80810100ffd6947194d4326e/88878661296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/91112886817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/mupeguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/62915883258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/noranukowulegiroxitobuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725ff617d11---xojenedepomudulaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090dc215bd51---xofomipowazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5d7e16d4f---90580770548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/95173884885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iem80q78ikv8hn69tvo89skbe0/3771124487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/vefuzidelepori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cladogram+practice+2+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000f2c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE0 11288 bytes
SHA-256: fec1f84e930c102d8d4b00dd2930b8603f21065177f580fcf834e0e5cf739b06
font_02_sfnt_off00012520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12520 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 653eb3b46d928c05cdda755f5eb733b9ff3f1c1771b6eae42e5711dfac52ef74