Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22ca68134d4bb9ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 00:50:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 384ec70be30666ed6f7e866b2000cc84 SHA-1: ac52a24f0770214091c6add415f593ae6ff9931e SHA-256: 22ca68134d4bb9ee61a99ca8c543c9b112642a3618205f19cffe1fbf6e3a8d82
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS installations used to host malicious PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dde33488fb---junuripurozuselafumij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/66909325960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/63520335563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/gemujepisazodaritosugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c88d37720775d0ed625589e22c24556/derepegizudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c5c0ac351be288dd8a1229f4aec5862/zijunemusabopuzeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4i3eain0vohqai0lh8ftt0mqki/fasuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitycare.com/FCK-UserFiles/files/56362066526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f06ad3044---vajaxejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/66731631853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesquebec.ca/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/falumerawepaliboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypperfect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31060644750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/xebuwanalelemobaweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vestmorecapital.com/images/epost/sefikowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0d7a8c064---lewugewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70f457ac3e9d2faca8dfd604587d990/96602916929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fec0a8ecb---paralafigujokikega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/lakoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvg5tsqtsoge6kqf4hci2ftb03/55754500866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a30da1688f---66883179948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f994d10a2b2f201de24bbec3294dfac6/82808059484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=textbook+of+forensic+medicine+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e8e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E7 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 40816989978ac11d15dd6e33d17e46262ab407b17047668bde746d42a28c25ea
font_01_sfnt_off0001180f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13026 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 95166acb8b622763ec63c4da58cc36c1ba5a8f6e9ae55c59b968ebb8ace354cd