Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d175c22a4cd40b22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:16:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6d13d4be9ea65b9b35522a482086b648 SHA-1: d2bdf7716dbf94266e93265a94e05830a7242c11 SHA-256: d175c22a4cd40b22704a1081c1ac93782eb2a06633d832b47892ef5db662d859
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate that the document leverages compromised or disposable hosting for its links, further suggesting malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/77772913627.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/477a1653355b002c1229f705c7e02d9f/bajixigimilolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/josuo6njqj28arrkop121buq39/35475260774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandarinusa.com/userfiles/file/1629865102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/7262430085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efe9192c633---sufusinujamulivavid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e09e8e5cf95---kudunixidinabategidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607797b10d7ee---85305400447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13279735869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102be166aaa1---29394089611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/56570871569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/zitemidurakogufomedufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853fd94aa06---49453561432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af891d04c73---34938870156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/wumebeketek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4d24af74c---28360816172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b02b41c2f---vamixizafomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0658abe48f---49182968671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f4651cb62---zafomixuxoxigakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/93866335380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/13772372823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a637af05677---90717658909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+theory+of+stochastic+processes+cox+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000131e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000149f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149F6 21564 bytes
SHA-256: a8bb91c1dd803d2820eccc6210436b142cbb49a12d55bacc578086f9045a53b2
font_02_sfnt_off000181a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x181A3 10744 bytes
SHA-256: bcea38a8c121f110c3bd2dfad67c4adc69a083fdee5176be00d09cca8fd0e170