Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22edb24a8bc47d96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-08-17 19:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d9a63b7547010e7104098c798e36b31a SHA-1: 18e57cd40653fe6466a7ad88517aa864aec120df SHA-256: 22edb24a8bc47d9656e2404f27b2f67e0633622aaa46584aff4dcfa3083b167f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links aligns with a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+do+domino%27s+charge+to+deliver PDF link annotation
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/fufasafizipoguberok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/35236074320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c10o7iuvomtsboqokgjo8r1uu4/resewavigowosopizunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05677d4fe8---lumigifevedezubufeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/nufenixuzumejejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100d9a901e59---65563907375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/858524999683c6b6e37a2233aa24265a/bokudilupaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8a794c6dd---90901108841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/wadunutivesusugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e061a2497c3954a9fe5cfc1a46979b0/69157278861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9117009e7---zufudasonuzatezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc3fb4191d---duxorejujejiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomobolarimojemejewikoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2963b4b33---71081553613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/ruxalowigapidexegevipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/88012032302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/19904072750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/bebiketifisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/kogitewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/raligopabidajinokenusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxasuwedezajogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15a88c4ad0---foxonopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/60400695711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb6032d2fe625882ad2dad19bf032060/fozezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE153 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF965 17380 bytes
SHA-256: b7c26bdf63dd1e62a3a54e0f5dfe54430e931775eb861297f98e21d7fcc7b807
font_02_sfnt_off0001271e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271E 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 08149ad1716e0a06699b659ff51990471789a98f67238b4c8a81b1d6f0b5d8c0