Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f422d2d645a8752f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:12:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3a243b351f267cfbc8ece178c07687a8 SHA-1: af6a6226575eb19046b17dd75ea08df6dfa43d2e SHA-256: f422d2d645a8752f32d4e505ce6e197b1cfbd26160296c9e7948f1f6d23de1e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to host phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202109191001432708.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludofululixizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/26162053477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.socksnbows.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7029469760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heureka-cz.eu/files/59780891205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yao-cheng.com/uploadfiles/20210904112313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isotech.si/uporabnik/file/kafazewifenusugefinoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedooverseas.com/userfiles/file/nafabojurasoxevam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tasesoweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qpshouse.com/upload/image/file/12209464887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd2b55694deb2337879b0e21cf9af97/nedadiwenofonejowejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haliburtonhighlandsheritage.ca/userfiles/file/mojerovisasabobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nifaelectronics.com/userfiles/file/pijarevujimotebuzuditobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/wufolegavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kujavaxedaroluwujuded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ae5349280---zujaxilekubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditopanatusaxewenoguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.pl/new/userfiles/file/60132681429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrdinstitutionspandher.org/sgrd/userfiles/file/74942503708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614693e0b96df---nuropot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/56825860861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vr-spagna-20.effievirtual.com/galeria/files/xegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613180bf81b90---77487006257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/sunulegifirotopomilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zixupimugemewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=13500+v+bucks+free+codePDF 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_off0000dc33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC33 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 7d5e335e3b589e1a008a3802fa11bb87e8a43639ed989fdd62ab739f1c4ac07e
font_01_sfnt_off000109e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FE 10748 bytes
SHA-256: a6feef1c9fab5c9b261fa7e7eca5543ed987c530ec599c607d82a8e1b8369415