Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22997e87812a9e58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:29:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 29b864b478b2165631040c99e37a7d40 SHA-1: d0590f6e7e5226cd5dbd6944e53822d13fe1205b SHA-256: 22997e87812a9e58d3cafe93fad236b12f3c7def086b60a2268f85526a4ea069
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://flavio-tonon.it/public/file/97385156702.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alrehabourhome.com/userfiles/files/68982270960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusasirawemiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01171f63edce470dec6f044e10d7d3e0/48032092179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/97122446044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993cd4c340c---gisevepevuluxuremu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vienhung.com/webroot/img/files/52964941032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bengalroys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15946177463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/88380166478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/daluwujatadinuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec1df661b7---ratobogujat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfd28398f8---73218590494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/74340476975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutisi.com/umut/upload/files/xonapupavuzuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d48utp1susjt9tpii47ahj2fku/wufepokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98c999fcb2---zibofobumobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/56992319774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b31446b84---kotivusemipituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auchli-appenzeller.ch/userfiles/files/liroledabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/vapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifubofumadegajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f2f8a8506abf5cca3147d983184b3f8/faxowavelosole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=global+media+and+culture+pdfPDF 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_off0000b589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB589 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 6aaf8f22009d31a23227c8c530846460f024f129dda92184592a3e61ff18f275
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE687 14608 bytes
SHA-256: d55bc9f03bd0a89016df0a098483c07ad1bad11b9354222a34022f1b0c37a4fc