Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 822383ef0027e947…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 16:56:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 271e7de0ca5af92b781c22224153fc5d SHA-1: e4640fb2f0ed541ce1b14c0bef56f51519112f5d SHA-256: 822383ef0027e947b0dff6db5100439590d8172852839f0019f4eafdff286a73
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/12917145498.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec0ee39cca---22554294288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wic-net.com/userfiles/file/94937493565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terremeraude.com/userfiles/file/57587227571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6852936673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepoem.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-09-08/44453a81d83add8a9d6653d04df11742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gij2ppijq3i01g9kojm6m4rlq0/retimabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/65312967691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lizhechem.com/upload/files/62954498601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b916b94c7b27770418f56ca84b5ace58/86449458886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77542049730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7533334381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/jowojokaludisejigosuxinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/44191218484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelcenterpuntos.com/campannas/file/8793522532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/50061597548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jafozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f944cbeebd---80505239532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imdmotors.com/uploadfile/file/2021090309552478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb4417e65c---24562493031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twapp.freshkon.com/upload/files/bibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/52208014620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=war+of+the+ring+3+playerPDF 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_off0000d472.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD472 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 20a02971b31c551b5f2f28b8909b56ca280c88840e70f8dc1fa1c712dfaa8ef4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED22 17772 bytes
SHA-256: 4ad0e0592d0add41f2b5b32c84211cfc3b6f655de278abacc72f66186c3c48b3
font_02_sfnt_off00011b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1