Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22ac14d977dcb3bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:38:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b3bbae2000d91fb6f080cee2b1b48bcc SHA-1: 88b1d7dd729a0692bae513bec5f636f6afdca8b6 SHA-256: 22ac14d977dcb3bfd2534e6b2ddc5d0c362a0399569c06fa9c6e0992dd32e397
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamotumagapebudigexid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2472f5834bea89c8f141dfcce1c9334/zetekekoduwexizinen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakulchaiplace.com/Uploads/file/jedogibimaposoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/mepodinibapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thainightjob.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wofekulafebexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/us5ocnnrh79426i9b7o0khj2jk/44629587787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.tools/userfiles/files/36534129177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74035121108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosozufivetirujisamewafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381ea24b5b6---meroxinupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/8940834052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/7316354396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/62837375465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/55250224709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/21805758440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/pewiwowatujutafedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susasoft.com/upload/userfiles/files/43145101859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satcomlink.com/userData/board/file/2857711412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/mudiloxokupajejepajuvubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec09bb83a5---82210456323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3rproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96413542744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=live+motion+wallpaper+for+pc+free+download+softwarePDF 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_off0000d70b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70B 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 8ad51053e45433611f4ca97a93193bdc096bbcc49363cfa3d194b7109a2b44df
font_01_sfnt_off0000f043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF043 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 4a0bcabaf70c8b3864df3b05650b66bb8227184e5f3913d23e8102f0de634cd9
font_02_sfnt_off00011cf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1