Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b622a43a6ab6b2d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:09:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4a344f2159dce5df94eaae048be33a00 SHA-1: e0bd440fe738eeedcd4a821b01a17ba55447ae36 SHA-256: b622a43a6ab6b2d33b3aad5a84aed54bed3b6dde525cf6df3153205b8e1ed90d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links appear to form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=second+hand+motorcycle+near+me PDF link annotation
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210609114916707377uyt06g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16226867681900465769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48570900002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/82640194762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ae1567c322d1b375231bb8f449c3fc2/91178363954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/zozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/29311833242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/fazibuzazudedewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kusubane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d1ecae0e5---56823018873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/12366197306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/912a01c4622ab52426901089d46d6028/soxawamofademipakobaxulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861e6d04847---57213289389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/96383445825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/nifozepovetiposagamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8fda450568---nakimatav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbcba74d5b4---63572662528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c8af994ae63d9146a84b4dfc35227b/zazaxijamowibulumamifawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/ruzorunedogoxutiwadimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3645d686d4b33c787b8e5ceafb2ccf0/purenonusemevoferila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295a0ba0f1dbd21e76a55dffc82de380/36574200219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/bawopibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741b6d2ac12---94859866861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9161def72379c579312c0cff6568cc5f/36442604565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26854da564637a1ca1c5485f4f86d4f0/togerezizorilurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/valunelunebamigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ef83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010795.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10795 17620 bytes
SHA-256: dfa43b619676cccdb318adad5f0a994bbba68985519a072f223e53bb2c7b12ca
font_02_sfnt_off000135cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135CF 10564 bytes
SHA-256: a609951530f6896240d90cacee5a3b266d86ecf415fe9277d9f63f44704cf685