Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2233e21e1a7c78f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-30 14:03:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 091aaddcc729a42065921cfbd1bde67c SHA-1: 69205cdabe60d97505fd3e9cd14b909b2d490471 SHA-256: a2233e21e1a7c78fcf7eed09f6348b135fa48bbd0e707eb64dc247c7ccbcd5be
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only presentation and embedded links to external websites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting services strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fruit+party+slot PDF link annotation
    • https://xcheck.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/70313205931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiwum.wyryki.eu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74285191038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76830850614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukguwang.com/files/fckeditor/file/pifujelozunoxajowafusos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/20267262148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d82dff71429d7c534af73301183cd09/numusela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/dotegukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/dipogaluzolopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/fokekaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamboomfi.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/2738325662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/78959750203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasaru.com/upload/files/kakametasegule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powerfalcon.net/uppic/files/fogupekosobopemagowupinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/bejopenabiwalefubufozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterky.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69932782763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konyaalotaksi.com/userfiles/file/fesixenogimuradaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/kukuvifuzojijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6702070ae---31110095384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/70831974632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://38e5bbdfe8be.gdziezjesc.info/userfiles/file/40998706985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/29026230622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327657f41f0---7231688236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcg8ilmono10jka1bu33cmgab5/96762630350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/6387921793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/19411425556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albergocavour.com/userfiles/files/wadodijotubu.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_off0000b4cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cce3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCE3 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 2c0e0fe34f44643ad3a4c496cd747dcaec6e7aa87dc152290e4ac7bf5fd96e23
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E2 14268 bytes
SHA-256: 7f3e9aec37f427af8de18c8f7c36b6868d9838e0a622bc640323e40e6f465d48