Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22506a50246396ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 00:23:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c9346a87f4f58ed0d94db8eb45dd7d66 SHA-1: fadce553785c69c649326b875244b2527bb8b1a4 SHA-256: 22506a50246396ad60c7e42129921b24fa0f0ff89b6f001808789b954b4bfe7c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c406558d8d3---93243839764.pdf
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/538294e6d43f5fea48ad479d808ee2fa/76864512521.pdf
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/tevikezeraxogifur.pdf
    • http://algeos.us/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wofime.pdf
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/jeribirek.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3a3490b12ff88bd397a02ef3810e3c6/katexenazalopebas.pdf
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/lemisilamudonetag.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb4e967fbc---potanituzurukaxesovala.pdf
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18e1d8f783---guzenajezekuzere.pdf
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0612/255e137031526d37def0fb30fecdee2f.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608667e26bbf4---18687433392.pdf
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/33756167814.pdf
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/venef.pdf
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/33408111850.pdf
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705b2f57693---73482767146.pdf
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/lemonoketotavukoxoxif.pdf
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/82603648571.pdf
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7da2a979d9bfa30b8fc7730d7db91515/66226085260.pdf
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/33756965356.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adbf6a3634a2d6ecd3b5a3b346d93aef/5213006770.pdf
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/tijimepapumalinozedu.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e24e1bced---binarotimin.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f08a28b71f66b47f1fa7685c3355fd0/64026342219.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8212cc9f2d---15301240952.pdf
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/fumenabemusidinuraf.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6389b20843967843643ff437b67e7135/55600202734.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=last+10+years+cbse+board+papers+class+12+physics+with+solutions+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_off0000dc6c.bin
e52b4aa6a6e96bd05982ff83c47932b39630a25e96d602dc044809dface5eeb3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC6C 17168 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001096b.bin
561f8025edb7a050ecafd18775a91d3ccf23daa851245a5cd9d558d6be7eacbc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096B 11408 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001243e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1243E 16792 bytes