Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 222aa15dc9b4e090…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:22:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8b4c4263dba6596217996fa9e391741b SHA-1: 055a43b2f986d088eaeaef59945207715bb2229b SHA-256: 222aa15dc9b4e090587ffb61a85694fcacf924b20db382f381f7f46f8b6122e4
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign. The document body's garbled nature prevents a direct analysis of its content, but the heuristics indicate a lure for invoice or payment-related scams, likely leading to a second-stage download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021051518581973499.pdf
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/zugifidubotatu.pdf
    • http://mebell-city.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23740563723.pdf
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/383b33d40ae3866ac701f03e7bc7bbe1/bitibilupegepavipibet.pdf
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/433c63e6bf95944d5098562343d5add8/sedovekovakupovefemosejet.pdf
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021052304065673499.pdf
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/41336453598.pdf
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bm9o8d9brjn6uop0ofigh27f83/11999327449.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/zopejudefunogunojekerak.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9drqked84c2uk61digtb3hou1/59538869010.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53481a862f61213d0a66a9d15644c49c/29745503417.pdf
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/53562425199.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e5be6a9f1530d82361fa73357bb326/37331298911.pdf
    • http://samafb.org/uploadfilefiles/libozavunipufosifubusivo.pdf
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/62519859202.pdf
    • https://art-eria.pl/mandarynka/pliki/files/66224787264.pdf
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac2116a275---19714493356.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d3341f4de---96773186434.pdf
    • http://hhtaitung.com/CKEdit/upload/files/lupilodoze.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae937bc25c---21914882455.pdf
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/25659822792.pdf
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/kular.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109915238260---89235631165.pdf
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/36146830055.pdf
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/28189831208.pdf
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/67451389651.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=tally+erp+9+shortcut+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd38.bin
3725a2c2f8cb84d95eb829e73f4119fb99a3350cdb84ae5991aa3a7740467fa3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD38 18280 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012c95.bin
a6abf28e9caba47bc9b94b6fb9af2537932b7afb99a59010d0101256e4486d4e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C95 10868 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000145ee.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145EE 16792 bytes