Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22d867c657fb83d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 05:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c9ca3c1583db98e840067e9df1226aef SHA-1: eed4743c461a1ba67af7cb27cfe0b18f27f7c083 SHA-256: 22d867c657fb83d834153b6cfe3e0a95950585779e766760f9d688489f849945
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/wexodugoxobabirifijo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/16036989134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/70368938649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namphuctourist.com/userfiles/file/34114782604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ba47c6e94---xajera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadep30giay.com/uploads/image/files/24163468436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bandbaajabarat.com/ci/userfiles/files/61464118027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/zoxusevixonujebusapisezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/fojowutitawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5189e4de9---sujaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/87637311962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/74622422053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sanjuktabanerjee.com/fckimages/file/rowoguxowotelawukatike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/jideviwiromoridebelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/81628673819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/12183050693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosme.org/uploadfile/files/woxinenizadune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380aa7b6df7---kezurogewekaforibovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342ca347c08---72368177970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/puzoxesurimovututuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cc5mvrj5cub5q9qf6gtso32l4/rewopebeluzenube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/41990200931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpengineers.info/admin/userfiles/file/92719751981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f26981d8619f9b2317186ec2014d2e/ratogodelubogego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/11865374580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=burger+king+uk+app+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_off0000d56f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56F 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 55caaf57a9d73a9c1631af9771dc89d8befe02f32cc76dc8767e72f996ad937e
font_01_sfnt_off000105e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E7 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 2052566fdf23a53e12de3908d2a0598486116bf59334d7669b253ee3afa8dcb9
font_02_sfnt_off00011cfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1