Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22a0963d72fc0c43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:27:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 730da0bbcd55ef5b6c127de7d63f0c09 SHA-1: 3b611320126a794f6f169c9244f8f441d4ff5870 SHA-256: 22a0963d72fc0c4302faf317cb34ccd97acf692842a8be2a77f7c47e851efbd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hp+color+laserjet+pro+mfp+m476nw+manual
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f930f1b78aeac1f6c2935d62604b64dc/38086504936.pdf
    • http://geoass.eu/userfiles/files/tuxab.pdf
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af184eeb0f2da83fbb7542dda924013a/69257574233.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64e1caa7af438a45c37eeb8db0abd811/mubol.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th0rt7sn14oli0aci1t5lkkdka/sitirupodorexemuribi.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/32571627317.pdf
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801fbde9594---sebivumimusowarat.pdf
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/vitetugosazapu.pdf
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89437454975.pdf
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le9n9fgo6cu3ef9uv2bp6sq62r/87799349428.pdf
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25872470057.pdf
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/kotavivegilejetabu.pdf
    • http://climacom.eu/userfiles/files/54560810192.pdf
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/130535301663.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f626aa002---26372298318.pdf
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/pimedizetafosufo.pdf
    • http://chetaomaynganhnhua.com/uploads/files/98375557757.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ef8a39f34---fofufojalokudetedowopuwe.pdf
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/befin.pdf
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0dce834eb6d60db4f0ef3c39945ba22/5936131740.pdf
    • https://royal-art.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/88408962293.pdf
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/93233457361.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_off0000e27f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa96.bin
b37a8894dfe4d48bbf1dc68ff0e35b28769b06183e71397941f6478c057ef763
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA96 11152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114d7.bin
e3c000a65da23092f1f2ccb3bc8a31ea210ef2cfcf5fc8dc1883112ecabc82b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D7 19972 bytes