Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22bbede4a2ed35ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 06:21:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d0d91a8f8e92b796ce9ebc4d15cd3a9f SHA-1: d6531695289f3d6679ce9b69cd7433f4c3a067cc SHA-256: 22bbede4a2ed35ad8dd35e4ac297ff5657c425f42745b0954c6d11d8c7f772e5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, indicated by numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to distributing further malicious content or phishing for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/47792013987.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/8225259444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/vozogafaxupofafumixukemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608877eb40edc---27735786605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b9cebf567---vumevekesazafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d32dcba240---kerafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adafdb841ec---23925906303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6a2350eb35---97183662140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/23702510291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4e90dc6d92---10948511725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/339d9e7b45c4a6a3e275b09cf652f519/53773638591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv2mcd1sm7ik8hj6kuu3oagg16/pitanovudumeruko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eccf77b4a3---nenodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db9dce460e6---bimojevowexipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e8a1525d3---miwuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minipit.com/data/files/rimosovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/16431153241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09mslitc3uf2astidi574qsbn7/gazuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/kaduzeferito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863a1ab891a---bovugubekimobulasazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/561ae77297fc153225c9f844d19f83ec/femisabutexomutor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/rusulapijatuzulasefelaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=aluminum+phosphate+ionic+or+covalentPDF 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_off0000ebf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF9 10788 bytes
SHA-256: e0df7beacaf5acd59e43f4ec2be4b917271dcb49985ed1abc72302bb47398cc8
font_01_sfnt_off000104a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A2 17860 bytes
SHA-256: b3e3a971d39912f0f55c9a6854f28f64fff516d35c21d73a415a253c79eca1c4
font_02_sfnt_off000133c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1