Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e22ace64e754ba32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:22:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2092d4852ef3775a306b99a15169ef28 SHA-1: 8fe1e9cb08c46ce0e13ae10e8b9c2efb1bc79be4 SHA-256: e22ace64e754ba32b54c8ab33bd86ea8834f6c2ad40debfbff87df61ba528977
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No document body text was available for analysis, but the presence of a PDF_JS heuristic and the link farm structure are sufficient indicators.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///gefavarimit.pdf
    • http://xingzhongjing.com/userfiles/file/20210904195434_326642694.pdf
    • http://hebammenglueck.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20675907768.pdf
    • https://quanghuydulich.vn/img_duhoc/files/jabibopuxirug.pdf
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9965f0b67d1f25596ef49ac5af9dc953/zepigunebavawur.pdf
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafosikefawerofefil.pdf
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/denelofisutijujar.pdf
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/savixon.pdf
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/putenax.pdf
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/mokesuvupadojisemibefej.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d05a20e4c---57429526240.pdf
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/9599769285.pdf
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wedame.pdf
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/regalam.pdf
    • https://techlan.pl/files/file/nukekuwepanevutim.pdf
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/92905530897.pdf
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f63ddc5df26a6f610808fc147fe16ce6/79406968186.pdf
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/pivosoma.pdf
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/fewolu.pdf
    • https://mimpishio2.com/contents/files/vadazufiwebodemowut.pdf
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50920307369.pdf
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zidejapotumusojoveset.pdf
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/12274222232.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=estrellas+fugaces+libro+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b2ea.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2EA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb01.bin
c136dbfe9bdf0a09645f9396a3091dd8afef7d888d5291be0a0d966baab38a29
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB01 10916 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3f4.bin
8edc1d4df71518050754471849cf0fa566124781d90eb707c4b392efdd54cedf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F4 16412 bytes