Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22dd3f41faee4da3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 17:06:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dddcb84dc93b682b1dee2eec36de9000 SHA-1: 91ef3156dce181d9a498a09705fc9f8248cab74b SHA-256: 22dd3f41faee4da314067439771b98316d60a67d642894f8bba0efd14ff6022b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve to redirect users to further malicious content or phishing pages, a common tactic for distributing malware or stealing credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918c4ed8ee5---motojagede.pdf
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/10928360277.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1251254861---vetimeto.pdf
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/20575293944.pdf
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f452c53bce---botegukinelubisetosoxaka.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160932e4b91f68---rumosuxigitanaga.pdf
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/24838531005.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a5261aff6---fijipixumapofox.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20681077eab2d216c308aebca47486ff/90853372744.pdf
    • http://kuppersbusch.hu/userfiles/files/2888532134.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988961806cc---xavuzin.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985b7a82fbc---19103864512.pdf
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/133e3f5fc4dda70db834d6be17ee8737/rejexatefi.pdf
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc28771c6ae9b516cdb1955010df8863/sorotifekomi.pdf
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/45190249831.pdf
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71199001125.pdf
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/32661605550.pdf
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/43765902690.pdf
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/14450618063.pdf
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/palimexegigukale.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=journey+by+night+question+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f13f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010951.bin
4a2df335a8723a3f9f7d125d3a0ce0349af976307e03eded1beeb8717ecc6ebe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10951 16796 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134fc.bin
2952b0b22944f66f378d7c4c0fbd53a88f1f7a0837ab1f060c58f31c6abf132c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134FC 10920 bytes