PDF malware analysis — malicious · a22ce188e99f1fc1

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:49:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05

MD5: bbdbb474a1175f7a7c90a5708f4c0dd4 SHA-1: 3f784585583e7a56c50c10cf4070bcd52677c4e3 SHA-256: a22ce188e99f1fc1877db6f3765f16af159709a101681dd3f9a7c279dd67d354

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the URL analysis and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 6

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 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=curry+three+pointers PDF link annotation
- https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/35603661731.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/21039436368.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.kymkarajok.net/tiedostot/files/90340015391.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fegivikogejugajif.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c44674302dc430c24c07b001508a89d/56863807254.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608155f6b022e---64548013935.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vidugapomuwadubamebazudar.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/xorozupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/vagimafasifizimatowofug.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://ihappywash.com/uploads//files/202108120629381697.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f143ba0dac---35455780640.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://bbmint.com/userfiles/file/8770959689.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://emmaushuis.org/pages/25801484506.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814cb8d8ca6---jibexavapalonavup.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/kofosu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68324050497.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbqeaa2a1n16k5ccntlkc63993/wivamobomujozixanimelera.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://vvpta-irvine.org/userfiles/file/61801128133.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be724db3ef4---24487985313.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a90291083---268627066.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f81da9fee7---12088378462.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mifam.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfggs17o15m8grv33gdtu63qug/rerezodagupajezusejifomu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719e10667b3---38233409837.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dc6a2897f473c6069380b500f58d129/61569586769.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c627a61bfdd---kateruwoja.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/wuputetukozezagasifuti.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db5152363e---59272805581.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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000e93c.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE93C	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`
`font_01_sfnt_off0001014e.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014E	17768 bytes
SHA-256: `10e0fe2f1c05becc8d0f70e7e86e209c5d691ceb2630cfd5dc96bd8611f8f06d`
`font_02_sfnt_off0001300b.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300B	10388 bytes
SHA-256: `c874960ef154b5895b2166c6d6772d68dd56dc49e0674b68a8d30fdc08f56d0e`

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