Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d822c2f64fb7cd56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:43:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6ad1afa63d72b99ca932a80c45950758 SHA-1: 8ecabb66bd5a2f91abc6e44ff56042f4b622b637 SHA-256: d822c2f64fb7cd56969996abe05f0f79b794f989997619aff6d8844655514a10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is commonly used to redirect users to malicious websites. The PDF also functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_978BE8658D2A1591.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://infiniteprospects.com/FCKeditor/file/46610143517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/81625731048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141634fc031b---dojadewewarijizexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/magidukoraravilupojemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/sodukatiwazekenipidijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netkat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosoruwufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/85709495094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41239613260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roletyhanarol.pl/files/file/gasozipirujepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae8c51f404---nidegegeripalukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/46156169823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soskuwait.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/gipejatowalaveluzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/zonipiwuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/dirafivudasuzev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3hv5sujfp050kt7r7fd6tkq3k/jogufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a66c0babff9a986fcb1e1ddc34ae429/jesanoritirimaruwavew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylphs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/52475287646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/55682868245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincodehub.in/userfiles/file/zinikufisamufukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powerfalcon.net/uppic/files/8353794806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1ac191137---75825234388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/79118286559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210914095245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=instagram+followers+increase+without+appPDF 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_off00010df1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF1 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 4e7fc7c34f9ab55511b90fd61b7eee0624edd96249ce1a86ce4080cdce9e4a93
font_01_sfnt_off00013dfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15612 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 826f513338b690c6b3f3393b6098426039cc98cba92c7d7f6f651bcad37e6e6e