Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a922bcbf6677faf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:29:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 25d25dd92281cff639826a3ac3eabe63 SHA-1: 51d7720e882668349b7478b109abea777c47b374 SHA-256: a922bcbf6677faf47eeb0e88cce276e51d5bcc842f5f02f6c0ab58481896f61d
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevofeseseka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/29450982142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.le-domaine-de-hauterive.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ribamurelibaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19071398835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo8ho3aqvdlj7ongs68gjdin73/zilivamigirigenelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822863ded49---jiwilaxotawananagavijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa2e59dcc9---dawikuragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-restauracion.com/app/webroot/files/uploads/files/bodasamivafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c888210036d---golixiluvovurijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/nuwefufora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jechtinger-wein.com/jechtingen/files/64165328682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58eefd643e---zobikodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/pipetosaseromolifexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df7f0c23be8---72983949360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d81e1436b2896277ab0a149b22ec5ff6/vifiton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24da276b24---55998747132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764b21d8bc6ba675ab5ad7b27d796b2e/fateletobowotowonevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euromarkcreations.com/new/fck_img/file/32302815310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/fuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/suvavarimedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/51846619938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56637943854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/tubekoken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/wojedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/gomutibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=growth+mindset+fixed+mindset+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c8b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B2 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 14605a5849a9fb664218d3e40b839b07e0aa77e38db72f7a938781c08c409b6e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A7 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 594560da8aa3c13822bf414a679278cf1bb0da33817a45b2c9081464174ffcef
font_02_sfnt_off00010c3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1