Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 922cb3b443bb26a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-10-14 00:23:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 177f6ca0bd76eb1ee1c7d2e6f1b36ed6 SHA-1: fd63453b289f6890bae854019704b855e3604540 SHA-256: 922cb3b443bb26a17ecbeeb2da6b7a87ff68100badb1af47a0bcbef9f109bdc7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Additionally, the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other external URLs indicates a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3263064409.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://12shio4.com/contents/files/10677245755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/nakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/68406370025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtrbt767gpt1dauhreq9aorv56/kubagetodomerosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/90107546072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/266fb19e107439753ade74c5e4025af3/62985138610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah168.com/contents/files/15984568875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxnews.us/file/gibafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuyendung.btccorp.vn/uploads/files/gasigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lufty.cz/UserFiles/files/nawijefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b28cabd6acc3d1beb8995d7f6ed3b02/24657510261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/zifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stotex.rs/files/51325411491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/60997367466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29632797946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micruts.org/userfiles/file/5193908735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71106513746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161608d78d57ea---93478278589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/jusenekoropixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/59206925054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366133b351f---pomomedazisije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sopm89gi4e8sg0nnnctvmbhged/rabamakasokaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/zugegidumumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65450501157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/896FEnmJZlk/uplcv?utm_term=three+cubes+each+of+side+6+cm+are+joined+end+to+end+find+the+surface+area+of+the+resulting+cuboidPDF 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_off0000c704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC704 11424 bytes
SHA-256: c450a51826608fd2660b9ac885b4586e7c57eaa330a5c30651b055abfd49cd58
font_01_sfnt_off0000e18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE18E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A0 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 5f126c91aa84b52b00752d7128dd3f5a03e517b18b92e2dd3cc8b378053d5d7c