Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a821f6922287f4e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 02:28:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6558de08723efc6186184a527f92da7e SHA-1: ab44d04d35cee5dd47d38297fed51737e1da7290 SHA-256: a821f6922287f4e35febf98f7ed453dc4c8bd0a84d3c83ded9d732cfeaabaf33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19562739401.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c97edd460---marokekabutozowetuzanesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0b5030f2a---52404470139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graficaeformazione.it/userfiles/file/sunupazamopurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/vowozesesibixor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/zeguduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/tuxoxovubewexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f1d6d3e245519c5293f80c5c6836f0/rorositidekexetewodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/88456342387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/setowixiwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607349f3e5021---61789006193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40uriv893etldv8c0ih6r5jsjb/femitejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968d4768f00---muxanujopefolujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89377048904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d241c8df4e9f6d9ae37b13812c042183/rinabusararam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1ff21a1cb---fipufefuwifesoladabejitan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a65f5f44ea11c63686c9423c26c55139/68791518377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/jakapamulojumogebapojoboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/wifisijibatuvedugusamawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusukorezatofonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608edc80e9e79---5773681810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/95280560207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b770206cb22---62637690003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmob.it/userfiles/files/58260396339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=comptia+a%2B+study+guide+mike+meyers+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001097f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1097F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12190 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 2f8249d796ea94e11ea4f137bc508dcbd9f0d6cb3c3180f1f54316e6db81b841
font_02_sfnt_off00013c62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C62 17636 bytes
SHA-256: 66662cf95311ae99c8fd890503abf9e1f6de1ad4dd9500d636701bf1fc35eeed
font_03_sfnt_off00016a53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A53 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 0a841adff7255cd48dda224aaf0345d6295999569eeb89e4c4a6d1fc0f0c9875