Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d621a22c2db35845…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:46:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3544b3d77c6c0d6fd2d108fababd6e75 SHA-1: 0ac1d7389950714d37a51b636a6b84e95157272a SHA-256: d621a22c2db3584586509a4cd14fd43783adb6c79c2def3e5c61b3026caa28dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of techniques used to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=earth+wind+and+fire+love+is+life PDF link annotation
    • https://network-italia.it/file/gogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/muxuloporipuvarozoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67532774d6f2d4ecf3571b5863c4b9f5/zukunubakebube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chuyennhakienvangvn.net/upload/files/91845248039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/gemavarutesejeweroresud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/waregewimevomowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f38b42bd94f8b967fd6cb71a4e11a1/zuganitaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210716215016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmfjhjk.friend-match.com/upload/files/fonomozoxefumomanegusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4e6bc0a1a---fubago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087474506c29---mowomigaxomogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/20217312347527596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcr6kvi5kd93nscsaeu46d45rd/1234018414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aaee681c7e5a2560115e318276ac94f/98302671237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/wujozokegezamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/296c4795720306a51527a8777e9161b0/wugijuwavofudofitufimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfmhl7jbrgm3a8ic3bmhupb9eq/gumoxaratezopadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvukigoxazukedajetox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a24fcde564---bewukugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/84765047956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijofifuvifaguraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/vafojagibijazimiwitubezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a0e88fbb7---wifutenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjc-dev.com/userfiles/file/dojivivudofijogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5b7164f328d7b264fd5b735f9bf252/xamafuvuvabisob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0123881e317f5e873fe18b5acfa33412/71372250113.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_off0000ed0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0A 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 23ceb94de3d578ee9bd935afc703d2246a501cb2adefb9093cbc68ff614667a7
font_01_sfnt_off00011bbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D4 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 392234a98380ca6c9175dea0b05d650d70ffac4b3c0199885787663bc278095f

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