Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f22e6d8713e787a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:57:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b1d9a9f61925ca55b3783fc4a7bc22dc SHA-1: 2973497142fcaa43d6ff170484e7ca63671f941f SHA-256: f22e6d8713e787a658197ccfbd41f25272315c79e6d485d47def2f728044b6a3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicate a strong intent to direct users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/8319749880.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.medic-pneumolog.ro/fisiere/file/14966012765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/ralaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9232b8850cc688b5669a4850d856f46f/97446722171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/kisakipubofasobuvunusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/luwumebetafujibizokede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131e2fc47800---90106551674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muaah.ca/userfiles/files/54035666990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semut73.com/contents/files/torufowagusenige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/2373271683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dezis.ru/uploads/files/dupoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/680592521d47d9370234914c85931049/39357726813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abisspaandboutique.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/56341626891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/rujajapelezewisak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c3f1eec90---49177931529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53eb666a99338d2bffedb1370b7ee083/rowonujizimadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62910sqrocsl1ju8lc1g8siqsf/lisixekegefuwekoxixufedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://godsownproperties.com/userfiles/file/7374832593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/36290093956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/74757686651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/lufarosapotezapasuvulun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6fi675c4mdldkk40p271ai9uv/domunubomepogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/nimaxixajagivuravoxubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=aplikacja+do+ogl%C4%85dania+film%C3%B3w+online+androidPDF 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_off0000d68b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68B 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 62636a5b2775e89e07f2e8c1e38ee78da0b0e5718409f148a4944627145406c6
font_01_sfnt_off000105e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF7 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 86d0f47a9dbbf51313f86119013e760f851ee2e7a28b38eee8f6cb3947e73b64