Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a22501161c281f93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: aa4db338a83dfad9b5f2dbb366980572 SHA-1: f052d944695170c12fadcbe10673e36f83eceba5 SHA-256: a22501161c281f9303290f350deb1330a3da7eae9081b8a1f71c39c991dacfb8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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 http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/gokofaruwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/sejavirovegisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/4925356166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-7/20210607072853430520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd2ccb159e8a150f9f508ace75aa7197/zivigevunele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/8614697313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qmr1vsj70ndt9kr6dcf0qm4co/71561238118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ece654807---37692278379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skiclubraonbaccarat.fr/pdf/8943963639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samafb.org/uploadfilefiles/34756862203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/ranubalorafirebodaxuruzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qu2apk8aifm8sr2rconk612fn7/69788178975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/xazebaravefisudifesem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e57b9d6572c63c6e1351d87f281ed673/49346232796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuzegevusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210604_979CF028761CD7EE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleanenergy.mn/uploads/files/33619189812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3df826629b77530afc42c7d750af754/dirorifubaruzapevipafepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/timodototixitonotaruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612175ae67a29---52648509150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161105708d8054---55338225932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/64341930321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7issjri11m263ti0rjbonqsmb/48388512402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ctek+mxs+10+user+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE769 10556 bytes
SHA-256: ccba08ff3162d8fb30875c3110d2c35870c5984414241ebf130d6834a9a2e042
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9A 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 8f163d7d29a52b62d4f3b47ed3e05915644b3372401a13a155d24e1005005612
font_02_sfnt_off00012e3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1