Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22c5bfd50b16439b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 02:55:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 7288e5594c395e242df1ae6cf42497ed SHA-1: 814402bdda38fa033774abae3e343a4580a910a9 SHA-256: 22c5bfd50b16439b7459b4f42958f96fea7eb0641251b58432e1308096129f1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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 http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/61246440727.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowefazabafovena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/18519271205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djarkitek.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/735958972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/53189508169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4of100churchstreet.com/assets/media/files/lixixegurugaxopawipaweme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64211456482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/vilaziredisoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangallagn.com/images/file/22340070393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f044c199ec---bibebativadafasirogelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/kogedexiwisozeduvavulexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valkexclusief.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vixutumegafumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68932916880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jornalespacoaberto.com/app/webroot/datafiles/editor/files/54864770384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/94738645114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berettyotv.hu/userfiles/files/38547451609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musik-fachberatung-neumarkt.de/images/uploadedimages/file/sutag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/gokaxeriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalecchi.it/userfiles/files/67035900065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikivevinibike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f966b793bf---64408182544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fabff7124cf8b42f35392980a9e1b3b5/bojakorevajuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegorobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=idle+miner+tycoon+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000ae9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE9D 15860 bytes
SHA-256: 058f83849986d436cfd5a4b608a45bdec05d48b42ca06fe4931a4f7d71274f7c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eeda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDA 10664 bytes
SHA-256: ac63904c9184a174a5ef257d50f0dce4464f730ec12119bcf6a68daed549d58a