Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22228c77f516298b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:29:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 331290aa013263fe2694d65fcb2e2df5 SHA-1: 3692b59a3820e0b038fbc80273a79b89f9727f16 SHA-256: 22228c77f516298b0843010799fa98d508977e854bc6aa677e4a1efc8959efaa
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports the possibility of exploit execution or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/28748075556.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/41459924541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prochem.vn/images/uploads/files/kuvubaxefutilebuwizemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/lobizapulapulazobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/33695569255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/jokazuzarudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff0908ade5---95064421202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/vozezixefegafexokelewili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/35855918967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140dd9745f65---70628957563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/borumozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331fd6adcf7---wuxawatevopafapikekijaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenoxoxuzugupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/xotiwabopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varojeguvutikupinawagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vumusalapojarisolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlukesfp.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86361059485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70483662152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/90121042784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletroluz-al.com/_IMG/img_internas/file/70389532663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324637d575c---61486966923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://underbutter.cz/download/foto/86202194381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/96179702686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/73370211644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17240328704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dba4bc9447---9298328026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ernest+schrodinger+atomic+theoryPDF 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_off0000d647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD647 17892 bytes
SHA-256: fc12f06025700c016e09570acc4d49bac324c2be5d9d819e2884f183c113d12b
font_01_sfnt_off00010465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10465 10868 bytes
SHA-256: fd68f7a19bcaa7f56c865e505051ea22659a4a335a0c1226446050719ea36c61
font_02_sfnt_off00011d26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1