Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22dca25187a956f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:16:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 717d457e3aa4d10dae23b3c471a0bfb9 SHA-1: eea3e42e97c0355d90f00b803d186edc6de4e730 SHA-256: 22dca25187a956f4bbdb8042466375d74906200c258864613a09e008808951eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host more PDF files. This indicates a link farm designed to obscure the true malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e216qu3k0v7eaui8gjdk5k1os0/daxixerosebeladiza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/41251863667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/mejuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/nimoros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/25185891704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beff76d7659ad4c8f606f5d82f02356b/xelapozinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf5bm790qn5db1o93i0o0ruh70/73480277051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/fulofomovidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51595385392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/zasoled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeleveteteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatnhapkhau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gatizexomatifaduvudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705698c6659---dogitedovawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cf6c231aa---58840161553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastelbuilders.com/userfiles/file/bolamopivulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd19e3a559---devilalovidilimefoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smalternatywa.pl/media/upload/files/19f4d6330788057dfdfb60ff43e337bf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7079b761cca1808827fa1a01f2c88684/jobinamorumapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4b4220a462---jamupogupuzejofonusebugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcr-fomentoconsumoerenda.com/uploads/files/bekakaluvusibivetefukube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/20217311230406937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17049e75bb34e1a2225fd2789d9a7e4f/dopofanapiroripiparotesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/larefodojexevedokonikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/domug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67439226cb---79229938661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8b88f147f---wujeledakenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dean-cpa.com/files/adminpic/file/35417756208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=blueberry+oatmeal+muffinsPDF 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_off0000cc34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC34 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 076c8c709fafb8bb335a5fb79173ae554c1ab4c22b73226d563b40ee845bbea7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e516.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE516 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD28 16508 bytes
SHA-256: eed3085ce5243592baa269307b4ff1dd1872c19f0dcd9598a2e85decec067b20