Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 222863f6b7678128…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-08-18 23:50:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6fb80e32856974c1e5c90c6d91a84e8d SHA-1: 10b563a6a63dcf8cc9b151bae065e9702ee4216d SHA-256: 222863f6b7678128ebc046f7e7545c68ed3a98f68342f0bf87eeb1fff706d1cc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious websites or phishing pages. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/vewabakudugoxowadodarejo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/sotewakivekomakovuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad7bca3662---3554905737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf66124950a---zowomile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/85465320470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844b884c321---49280730415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811f1d32383---gufotatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/53417357032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ueros.fr/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biwapifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbae099deb2---60048336269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/19920853886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/29559044729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/87383012465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aade07bccc---limukedopifubovata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609474fc42b3c---jisevimozudunumidozog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ce4ea726b---31701300617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db2f4d914ae---danaloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabitopezanopufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/mututul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/74061767877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10737796118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/falabanoxutuwisetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/kimurumivevelefopezojewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=graph+sine+function+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c00c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC00C 15568 bytes
SHA-256: 9abe1ea697a24be9227b35437c052aa547ce10952f3407b2d6d7fe6de2f492d0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fffc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFFC 10848 bytes
SHA-256: d321a6b2fd4299a96e3de852bf925c2b6db85206ce050a20ca5bbb91aaed15cf