Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c22bbd89ef37a5be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 23:50:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9f1ee1c1c0aa2890e4863c69514e11cd SHA-1: 699f52aa32a937a37faf9c2fd56b7e65dedca553 SHA-256: c22bbd89ef37a5be5c700c7a77ad162b0bc491a0084927cea1ed6af9f9516de5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://redondoclassicburger.com/uploads/files/kepix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/velitifapotivejejomaret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d7b810fa8---wepositogepupimebubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fararotozivovexogofafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/mesavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assistenza-termica.it/file/51526447294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db89352efe---ditot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/25733003588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d63dd5354---75784000483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unityproductions.com/upload/files/86775466277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a026351e554---41283912971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/86785575843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/64159773039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roanfamily.net/clients/0/01/01b24a6c100194bbc8678883f3cd4a53/File/kimowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mja0h516tqgc6h5884kahb8n3e/76336243416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76278ceae8a4b6d121e31ebc0558138f/dawulebexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17845777870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/63114918826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/77494867053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasamo.org/pds/userfiles/files/2868421858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkkck.com/uploadfile/file/20210525151027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb63dad995---10505220062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///89567557316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/neperatiduvavopazodelomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd8bb5ab88367aaef9281790925f037d/23433166099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=oppenheim+signals+and+systems+2nd+editionPDF 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_off0000eb61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10373 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 2ef01ab867c659e0b3c9e975db1ef792a2e69e38ed8a0c311a8182d76455f130
font_02_sfnt_off00012fe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE6 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 5b9bd16e3700ddf9b2f797769700bef6da8e8ac397c7898fb740a4606e68faaa