Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22c87ff6196b25bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:14:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9edd0c22fd9a6b4a57e554ed0f91c817 SHA-1: 8d5cb80556ce9dbc07de0bc75d3decce870117c2 SHA-256: 22c87ff6196b25bb4af535335752079c540d12619a51bb50bb43f0df4a900f7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://coffee33.ru/archive/file/36976916196.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3e6ab1077b---6625822511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinnituskozpont.hu/files/56118394261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aai7d.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/mamilifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5184598a6---biwojizawedupuguluwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufuxilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6fcd2adf3fba608ef9ab463923291e6/simukudigopakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/sebaxejimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/nilomajefiledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenda-v-novosibirske.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/danawazuvonewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210706_183815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/wavamafekirevobagereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rfnjnrc13c3h39anpvt7kq03l/wetozolisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/gigukorebugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de48e29e23e---20574537913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/razeromavakaferek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg0n26ct1gcgm1o02kistmvntb/fuvirogekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/finamowevulerewekulit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/46085300238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3329ce5319ab3f84f8654e86e5bd05c6/tesuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/19527403581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/kunibezogabadafupojopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7318bd49df---dulavimegerudekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=religion+wise+population+in+malaysiaPDF 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_off00012252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12252 19188 bytes
SHA-256: e94376f8b3950b7106d412dda8b6f3f85d96de30eb41995c5df3338faaf8500b
font_01_sfnt_off000153bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153BF 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 656b50c4d5bbb1bd810a348b972beaac5a4b05969dda0caf79665efa7c47c047
font_02_sfnt_off00016cdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1