Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a22581cab70125ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 21:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cfefe2d43006dccd7139b23e16bd9214 SHA-1: cb403241f2b0a1e5f3bfbb78dbcba68f42ec8139 SHA-256: a22581cab70125ff5890961b5915e8920b50a4a7bd82d389bb6a7f79e250f179
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These URLs are likely used to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=good+morning+lg+cyon+morning+alarm+download PDF link annotation
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/75041506678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46921559482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systempro.kr/userData/board/file/barigedora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/92312157163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/numobanitotidenolad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakersfield.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/kifijiziderek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yptea.com/data/fckeditor/files/34183606600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/tasuduwumalotutifemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-promotions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46795988479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/konelawuzovok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hadt.vn/upload/files/75130932861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegmsbihta.in/userfiles/file/32594107570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bordahusfeldolgozo.hu/editor_up/wanesolaganimotovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/vozedipufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ok41lehcl5o5iqevo9ibu1f1ia/kedixewogiwafipaweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/sabazarakotiguvarupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayingiabao.com/upload/files/28379975645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/53567583375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/14684538091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99587386838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/56277541560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391d25bdbd5---45424764263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2hgghk.handylover.com/upload/files/58528242514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6d31b8603---28025559716.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_off0000b093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB093 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8AA 10552 bytes
SHA-256: bc7479c574c81ecea1329cb425ff12e515858b831e1ac9a8c973c6a7edb77187
font_02_sfnt_off0000e07a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE07A 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 84cf192f8222ecb067c164c0df9d3de64b14490dfdd9aeb68242e80ce35d5b60

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