Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 222fbdca80ecac4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-13 04:46:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d4a2e9d9f46963b8785af8bb833c1339 SHA-1: 83ce5802aa8fe84d8eae1370853342a681d1f475 SHA-256: 222fbdca80ecac4c5719461933d502661278e8da18bc27565afd34b80efc9fa5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by redirecting users to potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/kodotukodikosewijizo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/puvojodanipekizaguwune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/toxesesuviwagubifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b62cd0967a---59565457054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/61637166351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smffq4dtrcm5qms3q122l376l3/34430031765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/81437764267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/maraxutunaned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/wugotosupitoziwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16095996aa7519---soneruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ef9eb210e45f994ff7197c26ce1ef8/muwotunulileketove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyellisonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/ff/ff850d76676c1858bf5e443b7a907d3b/File/98183306330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/xumivupilekenazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210725_4C998BCFD5E37F0F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/folorusuramozinere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/tutejewigepugorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a7965190f---68681949569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/nurorajijidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/88563103945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechloyalty.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/gewoxopegejewubugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d99b9fa2e6d7a3cfe50b43fcb14aa912/wifuvesejovujepaguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcss.hu/korosi/userfiles/file/wevimokigagugonigoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/62348657966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de814a359f13733a07650c87526abe35/261316741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2acm6bil2ldnq701d1ldd534dq/nobupovevajavezaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a9dfa5da35c57784ea7d9fd12c06bd4/dofabarirugiwuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=como+convertir+fracciones+de+pulgada+a+mmPDF 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_off0000e56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD7C 18180 bytes
SHA-256: e6fbbc0d783e8e804d758ac39f94d28618003351d9b59dc21cc1260cfc615bbc
font_02_sfnt_off00012bf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF9 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 91065fdead8f2caa37377c366da250449f422e7e6af7e45fc98fc4b2d3fd517e

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