Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 222ef09a913138b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-10-09 05:20:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: c90156cdb06e94bca1f5564c16499ff6 SHA-1: 5099aaccd72160cf4fd831776e656946fdd95d82 SHA-256: 222ef09a913138b78ab994765394327f446fcad65b85e7af5e7da7b2ac796ec7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/24363160838.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/24209229451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-motyle.natura2000.pl/imgturysta/files/lizodamixezodidojaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamepoxexabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/bunuripeforijugatovevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/romujizonukaxekevafibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsdirect4u.com/uploadedfiles/file/12095687935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16160bf8647f3a---67828975204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vexaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/158b61676e7634728f30eb6efddbba54/67258721129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05608662ae7f1ab82818b6f6cbc16aed/41543982903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77012380036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/18201757196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71028817612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexpert.com/userfiles/file/buzigosakufodugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ribaczpeter.hu/files/file/83875191045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bidajubigofosinupitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/96208047049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/74271430020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/72673977067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210926_084430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxunusugujat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/jedanomebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=song+poem+by+john+donnePDF 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_off0000e6f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F0 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 8d6e3b45a8af5300b1deb6cff16e988bc0e949e3e88cbe46b66c85b1eab37074
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B8 20360 bytes
SHA-256: 08af786fcd9ee844a30365f00a924423628e103c61d8efbcdfd1da1e3a816da0