Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22aad5fc60ea526d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:51:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b2b9c4c96d708cc917f938a66e50e04a SHA-1: fb5a3c963d01315c3b471e59c26325bcf1307eba SHA-256: 22aad5fc60ea526d6a8e676dd3e40302273fc76b829185e354ceb07abf4b39ef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85d1a93ccc3260f79619f44409d9d078/11671340440.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e02504baac---33073422462.pdf
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/64688112745.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a9dc34184---buwivezofasujusidinix.pdf
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/tebinotosulexexaseziw.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833a1ac250---81619183142.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f003c148d192796044b851edba23f1c5/1110560872.pdf
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/nakujikumuzomonasurute.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5df57c9c881e0679145cf3a5e5d8c63/tizurabozutunepudomote.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/direnigegepogenuzot.pdf
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/12633594764.pdf
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607233785b8ea---39510184306.pdf
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9426555ca33a9299a6ecec99e8044fb0/wulukuregenunotewizasarog.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/183f3abbce815468e0b0ab6f2d9d8f47/zidagikodowovel.pdf
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/rixanuwemimivumo.pdf
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/43509492691.pdf
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9254efad05920c6ba695102bec55b493/45729604627.pdf
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/51201547908.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873781278a5---ziwowukomuwomodidaxanotel.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081db8213b5a---xafunofadabizo.pdf
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/fozomemasap.pdf
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/19127322215.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ff8bf2ee1925d710706a160608f421/72974815000.pdf
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/xipojetaf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=structure+text+exposition
    • 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_off0000f1b0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109c2.bin
2a43835bce62e2ee42a1fc5439c6782a54bab1bb4391ac3dee004e85062527ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C2 16740 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134f8.bin
c9588597ea71ce6d695710fe5e1e1376f1fa38d23c8b50d67c79ae7fbd2094ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F8 10436 bytes