Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22396d09bc40c5b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 03:23:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c4f8e796fafbd7e818d41dafa402b66c SHA-1: 306e2e296eea3ff46163cdf808367f8f2125c2b6 SHA-256: 22396d09bc40c5b3806756c665ea5a069ea13e9ca538beb9c90021a226ff2414
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicate a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to external malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=video+shot+on+android
    • http://kp-technik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72691553141.pdf
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/91505521309.pdf
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/jewujutina.pdf
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52104389966.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614690089e6f3---jipisuzeporiworivoxosaxul.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/xuduzozixi.pdf
    • https://phongkhamtamthan.net/uploadeditor/files/14169864864.pdf
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f92320f6577f0d858a63a049c4345ef/zofunanizosavonuxeluda.pdf
    • https://firsathosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wuluwuwopup.pdf
    • http://rockbond-aac.com/id-admin/fckImages/file/7691636876.pdf
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/pazufurebitunufo.pdf
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/levivanijubon.pdf
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibocdicjq21qrnfeaugecsn67c/kemikali.pdf
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/givuwogetujopupaf.pdf
    • http://www.tm-africa.com/beta/public/uploads/cms_filescms_files/13028476228.pdf
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/kaliwarirusekefevudaza.pdf
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/xefivetugakugozikak.pdf
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/2776257734.pdf
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafofiledunow.pdf
    • http://style4.allwebeasy.com/userfiles/files/85411703392.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db4c9705d6---zodiridokasonulizukakadu.pdf
    • http://maremania.net/img_pagine/file/pawelexag.pdf
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/87837787834.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_off0000b1f4.bin
b84910dc265e6d4822db13ac09f2f5386fb03e00f16ea3dad0cd3c0691de4c27
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1F4 15940 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da8d.bin
49728c3f46c91b6a2aa221262bbd9f9ab7cc591ff24294edb954bd46901bd5be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8D 10268 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f19c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19C 16792 bytes