Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c22b772da1d771e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:32:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4eaa8616555c7734f404800a70942cbf SHA-1: 735759dbb973366d6449786dd2df3fa35f6d9b13 SHA-256: c22b772da1d771e08b2ff906ff21263652b6d2136122ea4d88e6bd18283e784e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b36959bec362094ace6bc512b2eaf23/gopavabekifim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92fbb69fcc---dubaroketateniwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/wibawalopolovixuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac02de49d47e9092265b78080ab0a27f/95023414142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivatijapan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/81943053129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4515789b11---67206982019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphammonly.com/luutru/files/64101580265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af60c2f3b07---71253503423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cda89b111a---gekujiwesezesotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/subuwamewaxanav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a7f97cc50aca2ded7093c35b0abd0e3/gevoleneze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/xorojibisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be0ee21a265b8da4d9b7c8078a9f6db/wosazemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/vunerinuludiraxunote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ci47onaojduf6np4l2j02jr9h0/9800729219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/40858231196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78273251208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/namixofunewikuganabered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091edf5eafce---18539340203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594398b5c01f5cfee3397be2730ccbc8/rejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898626366e3---zawupevorikufigigoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/50937128543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9prt4mmgekv45cu6gbd9sm8k2/pabudumix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tissnet+2019+question+paper+with+solutionsPDF 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_off0000ead3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD3 17064 bytes
SHA-256: c56cc51ae38169e2ec378f859e8bb5fad8ea30863b1a38317bf246b374be6d14
font_01_sfnt_off00011767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11767 11104 bytes
SHA-256: bf071215e0cd2dad9521dcd8ff6fd1acc48d680cf1f56d98a44238c1138875b4
font_02_sfnt_off00013160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13160 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1