Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d223cc79e55c20dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:05:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 04c6e6cea8c4c3fab5709afa041ad400 SHA-1: acd4db5553e4205d5fa09bf123989beeb5ea72fa SHA-256: d223cc79e55c20dc39ad6e89899e73d0fcb0551213bfc8c7c7dd83a8a0ac1167
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=index+of+pretty+little+liars+season+1 PDF link annotation
    • http://d2dgroup.net/upload/files/50575602462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrmkaryacollege.org/rrmkarya/userfiles/file/fugata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lonniestireandauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/4156076771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgt0eoe09bloq4tq99mtfsll23/52054717950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairfibers24.com/upload/file/19748984841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longtra.vn/userfiles/file/xogifivebixamemulif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ls-machinery.com/uploadpic/files/202109180019524497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42555959013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903134525821274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosushi.com/uploads/files/92996672843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31963701657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch3b6i17m0b0iqc2lqrm5d50ni/niwusoniwelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366019f3e0c---vawurinefopirufowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/243bd5f241280061e9f26b3c023d14c4/pumalevosemufeforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/64483049682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profitoolinfo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47471578253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/71713894030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents/files/98140413351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/ludejutuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/files/jasizivifakuputatafodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/daperesepuvar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///11090929241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pagodatalk.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/21192111441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/9261020382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrdreamteam.com/files/files/file/InfoProduct/file/nanusuguduruzoguvasi.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_off0000b697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB697 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ceae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEAE 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 0caff61ae2e6dc6aed099bc2633cc64a4bbec4fb01fb968f18e34b1c754e3dd2
font_02_sfnt_off0000e774.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE774 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 899b21e0f31f9817e46baaf2139c64b21125455ce20913e1f15097689dc847be