Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 622eba523b116ba3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:11:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d7a513cbfac613bb0f8bb9f2d513e577 SHA-1: 4ca53a9e25447b7473f7681f6072770821f69719 SHA-256: 622eba523b116ba3955e499a386e6cfedabec1b6d66e3750e23d8b47fbdf3d4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpsgv0bjt7mbdll95vutj9rs13/96521843033.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditowozagifawuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8b7b2a24890fe9484579207f2098540/59200104062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d09c70130a2---99343056759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riviera.az/userfiles/file/rifoxawikozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inphuduong.vn/upload/files/venunofegef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15df923fbb5d9f56467dc70d017cdc06/dibile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/1299270232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wokurosifefitopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c104340f123725232046abee6d896945/fexago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uangraja.com/contents//files/42595762095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31af994b20561302529a0707abe6f90c/turavidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egyptlance.com/userfiles/file/laroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomsistema.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojisidovetok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d774f61e9ecc03d91d11e9edaf20a4ef/lilugemuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d75ca7cd1637596043d60f30c3d86716/97909853085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9572101de7---3187127066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210808_A34C8DEBBB2BD777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edad61df86f9f8dd8bfb67fbed6ccc1f/88068646532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ecad99342006d3088a0f798d1935374/matibusano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3e3e72436---35068802951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c7c09a8c6b---dajulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=2014+honda+ridgeline+owner%27s+manual+pdfPDF 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_off0000e618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE618 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2F 11340 bytes
SHA-256: bced5a490981cb89ac41132751fd04f5bc04d3a03047df58a9b3859782d5cbf8
font_02_sfnt_off00011894.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11894 18640 bytes
SHA-256: 1897e2a07c01d24cd3ddf3c9ff0ff1520a7cc07b0d2e3492eafd77dc0b7fee0a