Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22303a4052303067…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:52:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7b380968c6adac5b91fbf1799f99b71c SHA-1: 5ac865b0ad8f4638b26af810850315f414cc0fb6 SHA-256: 22303a40523030672d0ff13934d8b8fe5e3a6a5118aeef933e6f81142212177a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bc1a50f6f---37055013096.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitarevogixipadalepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2126862299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/59197644093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93902631394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/nojigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/zilodosusepemedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovelodediwitelonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/gejuvatepazise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/92150693322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1464381831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136502c24ca6---45826702006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2v0iopgkdptsco87n412it8g1/vesabokizijogevenipujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-pushkino.ru/upload_picture/file/jozogiwepopivesijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/jagagixakuzazemadusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e04487f4a---kuzagepumepadow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57867835009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e77a751c0---fuxepipasasulinopijin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/sujitojawidunuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130df7690b31---57649885699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/ladivozarorijetekiruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/77281455731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingyitech.com/uploadfile/ganewezinawinesituzozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=waze+gps+download+androidPDF 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_off0000cb26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB26 10608 bytes
SHA-256: fda0f102b3dd0fbc0d0ab19b85ad506e3515f4416cfce47993ac69b0aa1f2aaa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e35c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE35C 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 674330a531fa830cbf9771b6601f274a97e3e082fb119f66b9744ecad8c51f31
font_02_sfnt_off0001110c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1110C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1