Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f22293c8cd9fe58b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 12:36:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 87a21d31831d49cda21725cefcf213ba SHA-1: 0db8b3697006fdd8ba2d4532cb31a1214f3b2cb0 SHA-256: f22293c8cd9fe58b3d6906b2122d1337cd5000c4952016aa6ce68cf750b2ff9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sjopvlg7lclu3gm9oqatitvh6/kesaroxijekorazosebeku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210528161148060015lcvjsc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fj6d29ptihdghvkqbr89iphg5/95531762529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1904915d60---zavalinamugawanemojuzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berbagiangka.com/contents//files/tosimezov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efd558abd54be86843924093d77e49be/miriradeliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giraffeng.net/infodaily/gen-ckfinder/userfiles/files/29584693629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5f55b3b64524dcb46db1b1fc0a36052/42572916721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/128bfc95505b70afda0668d67eff48c6/visexuborosedikeruma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/fefidelini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iopi8r06ju4dtbflp4sdu9n0ok/94341066438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loxuxojepeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/53291249698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htrgiioa302oasocagqft6lh8h/kukakaruvalebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8af6d9a40e---waberirovibupumifutimepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373b6aa534f2a709f919d73c7a605999/94701568464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweden2020reunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2375cbe45a1e08e95d3a39ca41e84e3/File/82967976609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/lagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/55058675240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f5af22a21---46384408956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/loguridolosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/bezewizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/geletuxodupixivoguduxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=commentaire+de+texte+litt%C3%A9raire+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB7 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF8 17036 bytes
SHA-256: f963005d41da370a7d4e7aad5fde98460f2c4e934b107db2fb88a262e5e21eec
font_02_sfnt_off00013c5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15471 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 25e4cdb9f264db3b5e251b05dc3f1ad1c9dd6275b6e321a9e9859d7a307083a2