Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22ad0a58b450a429…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:16:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 8f8d0748c9adfff81aff87c4bc5c06ee SHA-1: 5aa20bd41bb729eb35be875823df59778bfd8e5a SHA-256: 22ad0a58b450a429d60b79c8f8e569f1dde11555c11f025ccb91cee37baf57ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9726

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://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354a5ed4097---pelolagenapine.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ar3sbipa9scu3qqandrv5ia1n4/48838792124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/verudirifebujeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonellascarpittadesigner.it/userfiles/files/61492805088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/66332560174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/jepasegubimobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/badun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60370045619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlsferrosilicon.com/d/files/tutamewubujuviwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.smartplus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82880333844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/9279493691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/1421748671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e438c32f2fc---38509984874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ac721247c---xosotijixilulujabofot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/62088210082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce914cf2cc3---simapininu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210702/210702190335695661pmpdpgmpiz3k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021060900212926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ab7f2b2ebe8203f0227ec27a6bb94d/jofemufukeganiropumimepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098664b9726b---kadavilugitenesojodabonuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijeritonulavadojemonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8858e6632e034e0dc41e9e8dc5d7e688/22986667885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c6047a4dc---gotadabefewalujudevawegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/xajuxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/kalezasar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22906530291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=learning+licence+test+questions+in+marathi+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f9ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EF 11268 bytes
SHA-256: b87cbcd6df9fa9dd5d893f7b67180c79e24032608ff7e6fe3ef47a9bd9b43c37
font_01_sfnt_off000113a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A6 23264 bytes
SHA-256: 044ae07aeadeb70afc15ba61e80afd3b000940189ad020e9326b4bd80648332e
font_02_sfnt_off0001502e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1502E 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_03_sfnt_off0001582a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1582A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1