Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d22df989d932419e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 20:43:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ccbe545ea90aacb4e4d3cdce10380bf7 SHA-1: 34d7b8848fd37441671339e33b4d01e196f0bbfa SHA-256: d22df989d932419e5220bf362fcaa155e04632a1fa23600a727f4a4a0b70bb5a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are designed to lure users through search engines, while 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates the use of compromised content management systems for hosting. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these compromised sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+temperature+on+pool+heat+pump PDF link annotation
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d659792940---buputunufabaxolunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad95q99d42c80l7dn6unp2lte3/1272566408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1598945be617828b5cba09248108b91e/kulesabebiripu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ufduta3du8l8cf93fpe93sq0c/8775999652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/jezuzota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/76792167211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/80845749578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/xorawofemugimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34aef565a23808a3ab7ef15e79cb067e/tajesozusejolidipufawege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/10015174793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/ribinomepiwefapukovakapij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/521337179caea58027d1ef11f97880e9/6316120978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/4426477114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3765dfbff3d70a3ac4b91522472bbdb/tiruzevofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3qngh6cqv4tisruejpc3u26q/wedajekadujiketek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7eaaa84304---40475797905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/xivedefaremejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86tp541gepnalg0ci8muhjbsb0/90991495328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95feec4b1811d9c0d257b2eb4d5cde5a/13915505369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1198898a666374363c111bc754f481d/rejuloxubid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc069c93fb---mitegeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/65019751958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/fuzapeguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c586256f622---naxogumotetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d066904218b---52013068407.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_off0000ee41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE41 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 46812cb96618443642d7d150db0e86b2db8f21b9483a27f97e98e07015bb183f
font_01_sfnt_off00010650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10650 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 7b561a509e10ce48c21e24c4e9647561488e8c34e964afe70893dbb6d66803ab
font_02_sfnt_off00013399.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13399 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1