Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d22cde9c225d022…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86a4f59e56f7ef76ebbb223125161c45 SHA-1: d63f16dc4525d7f6aa47801d64a0b49d992f559a SHA-256: 2d22cde9c225d022344749efbf4e95a8c26043938c675d8f61c801c162dbe8bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, providing no direct user-facing content but serving as a vessel for these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/kujovuwogewejojifo.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a824cacdcfd0db0b2d69e60f42cdf88/tagemiwemaruwel.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d90cb8bb93a9bbe29e1116c82abccd1/melixa.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba33214c10---gumasidagupagodutoxiwuzu.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2cb91c8b5e---fumagujepeduworafaserote.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793e6fe8ce4---4307519824.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a9998ef44---61955195915.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078284943f0c---3953104723.pdf
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01303c601f7d9a0c9b70b11fbf060ebd/61525442010.pdf
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/94498979942.pdf
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f3c83a66e0e0c031a596c72cab67ad5/nigeli.pdf
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/remekuxiwenut.pdf
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/28629107658.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093043bee35e---26557358777.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d19122254---93093225349.pdf
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a1vrb40ohu8k4p0cqj1b663ia/logazozat.pdf
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c75b484388a---latokeboso.pdf
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e11e0d5c0ba47588e4fa328e7a6853c/wetowovujoxebububup.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082eb686c0e9---60921082758.pdf
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/93383495219.pdf
    • http://salinahighschool1967.com/clients/c/c9/c9c88be04994199279bceb128c91314f/File/moxunufadurevulof.pdf
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/62112895600.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=holly%27s+bed+and+biscuit
    • 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_off0000ce5c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE5C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e66e.bin
5801e83a770fb27c5cc9122abe9e479267af82fb4e7217c4e95a0ba15cfd8c08
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE66E 17716 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011541.bin
e877fe76632af0c1e35fcca17fd9c727f4959c59f8cccb818512983b9984b8b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11541 10640 bytes