Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a22279927979dda9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-25 23:43:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6ec9280e976d6eb6cb7eed16768f97ac SHA-1: 20f4a37954f8df8348a05be5b056b7055446f70d SHA-256: a22279927979dda97fb83dba484041b93e88487cdcc29a259e8208bfce2576bd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, pointing to an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish credentials. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa34bfd990843073ca89602df110b79b/45261372803.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/lulenu.pdf
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/82033087453.pdf
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3129cdb30a701f2b3567d5cfddfc3344/40179618474.pdf
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c5359dc30---61354324991.pdf
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48433274a6ef4c114bfa89d6fcee2898/dodinawijurubusukosuva.pdf
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/47606633320.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7e217b36de---89008587202.pdf
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7618b6ed9---soronemugikozovabasig.pdf
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/77519300082.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0b4ebb728---rokafapedupenimaremusame.pdf
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aea25aec90---19026823039.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a3f319e1f01aead61c6581400cd4ea/43624129728.pdf
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/762c4c77d1524594e1fe98dcbc209e6d/dujogo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/joiot5flkhqucc5qt9f3hpkiq6/26106618347.pdf
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93ac2dcb2d69a9ba72db218a79175b7f/68501017449.pdf
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/82541189700.pdf
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/numodilufepik.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg61moa8tr2ld74molujs335nq/69654002773.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iti2i3of9ilb0pq2v0c847047/77823323833.pdf
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a5ae4118a44c0bb78c8892e38ed30b/gitevekaluruxumuwitagaxam.pdf
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/48635622520.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2fa783ad25---99023483043.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094047964a8b---85736411085.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ashta+lakshmi+ashtottara+in+kannada
    • 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_off0000e43d.bin
fe30656e6d97966415be36b08f972b57ea20bca5b6f9d3067686678351779bf4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE43D 19052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000113f2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c09.bin
96924241c7161e2d10363c743d746c4c64a4e8ee3c6bf3fb818902eaff9febfb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C09 10452 bytes