Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22a9f0b75ac25857…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:12:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fbe093f552f87947969bb3b79926b7f2 SHA-1: 56529fb3dbb7963cde3b97711b886b997f490df8 SHA-256: 22a9f0b75ac258579355e6942c1e5198c7563ba9b18a116b1b0ece7cb6fcdea0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or scam lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=xam+idea+pdf+download+class+9', are likely used to redirect users to malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=xam+idea+pdf+download+class+9 PDF link annotation
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/41221726173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/242b2f7fa9d45fb1e1c3d2bbcd13bf33/kulukisafeseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89773451760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/wadivifabisesemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befd9dd2314---4801158864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9r09c1uqlb12v5c8pk4g5iq6i/12378414428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/vasonujisasuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/95240265723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210905002919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9345c209ea---76952997421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609441a499663---7029855100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/46733659395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/tobajevapekada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/leviwokujoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istvietnam.com/rich_editor/file/76853139271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/78834690560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89925d0773734d48f381d908ebc032b7/joputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2a2da3874d---40817908146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/zexowofaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07b93598d619c5b9811f73704b84c0d6/5862419794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/17882899399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhartiyambeohari.in/userfiles/file/ratoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sherwoodchamber.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77896565432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/tuneper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d99e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B5 10844 bytes
SHA-256: e50a2c6fbe26af762d75d2fe172b3643aa48434a2cf9a983b607d94ab65c036b
font_02_sfnt_off00010abc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABC 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 4bfd321f0bfd443f42be96860306e4e3a40c1228c30f715a7eaad8b0dca00f1c