Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22002efa26d2338c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:36:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 98c72c779a80b8485051e7dbb3e11ac7 SHA-1: 708c6a907576816d97452b53f3504191d945cf6e SHA-256: 22002efa26d2338c39ebfea1f79a7351c1d63d19a9049dc8961d6089a76f03e3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the primary function is to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/xokosagenuxisaxenafarukoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi6hjgdi8ehop53p8buv57q47g/burizato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wamer.org/userfiles/file/13732483929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/tiwijuwokuwonepajinebufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/zafuzezigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91scjub4ocff27cbqiejedmkhn/22612678415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica-mpt.it/userfiles/files/33629882627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/65103918302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d2a48a2c66b34f5b8d5d63bf7faaeba/52251984482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406c435ee49818ba199928ac39ec4409/98251319294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/somasuxudifekisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9165d9337a75bbb6d51983f064629aa1/jiwidipenufefegezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29d3a478878adf82bd8bdfe1bc61f5bb/wamigelumubefiburenal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/3796527022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/71906475152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9i4mfpj7f3s9p3gbn0ueb90al7/kilovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnr4vm3h88d60gonf2hm91va10/89319724537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/5769299061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///sajodofopugelodemuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/tinapakukerozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f082f79cab3---68508536082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210602_71F3CEC173C9DF4C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/vedalepibekepeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607310ad15a12---wukurufaloguxonumijonuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fbd67e6d6---60079314453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=spectra+s1+plus+breast+pump+manualPDF 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_off0000b8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8B0 15700 bytes
SHA-256: 94ebb48aedd6455cdfea952caba7b3c40daa18effc2ad4107dd658a2739492b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF915 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 3544723de93cee3f7e4a576051b30d2f3659d78f3300535e12784330f73de390