Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22137894ed812805…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:51:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c2cd58ad9c19b40c095fda0f249c32db SHA-1: 14b9b5f842a6a64ab14288afb42cd30eb5a142af SHA-256: 22137894ed81280596a98b1d87ea855a40b06bfcfb34d7c6bd3da85eb636e64d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pragmatic+programmer+andrew+hunt+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15903618835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariaparvaz.com/basefile/ariaparvazcom/files/21404340372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/50786842932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d990dfd1b268d5e0f025a2d0cf97fc0/86424962543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824da0af436---56453770913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e2bae4ddde8f9980539da17fce69d4/pukibewusaxurijineso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fu682qs7p5ulimae5kqntl9dm4/ruvizesoxogogisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmbb.at/userfiles/file/potavemiponase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca7f1bf2947448cb2d3d67f6c235d96/53155366567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/42569902550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/xibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/xobela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072aa6f85610---58447326989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/vagokewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc6ed93155a28fac2b5a1ba36a37e1d1/51018061270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4182ace07f48d072990db6ad1c7f81c3/xinepilofode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9555758099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/69723141188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/26642592260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/zoberub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/sosizapenejazewukode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joeun-it.com/userData/board/file/84033497985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kliknetezde.cz/admin/obrazky/file/91139931467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a85e661e16bc8b42407b97ffd6147c/mukekebadowax.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_off0000bae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAE5 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 3c32dd4e279e51bff2f3c1704389f2ed9daa17f216be4a78c47b0550998f1804
font_01_sfnt_off0000d43d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD43D 16536 bytes
SHA-256: a588c6c28866573d07772261250c732c9b9a3c3c4c8283ef9958dfdb3481f6fb
font_02_sfnt_off0000fedd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1