Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00523f51b1f8597d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 05:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 296ecb6c5774bc94b8b522dc165a22c0 SHA-1: f031886020ea4cb2aced5d0cf6b3b2c1764f633d SHA-256: 00523f51b1f8597db2da3381df57e9aaf50d582956b64ad0169a1cd7fee713d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external content, likely for phishing or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/duxuzu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d56b493234d---76796896242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14fe24c69dadf29974dea016cf3a5703/70970366590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a856b5de9f8---namexujufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jeguxanuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab794429525---dadigowefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726e257c039---63460745093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/banubitolomatinekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5cf040430---269535700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a811320227e---kadutasamonodop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.humillacionyestrella.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79623182239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c482211a8ab---sipewidadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210625105808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/mefirokivasilebabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/govuwajizawegonubovefuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c627a642352---4569401369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63880896329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210710172345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c249d94214d---zowufisedetixenunivifegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3e3dmg47va8d6a8glb0ereso5/ketazexezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solemarservizi.it/userfiles/files/36831135619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/kidum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eff36145ce9eb61e5f9d648ab9b8550/mudolovesafiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e87dea0bf6---50590318602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=we+are+made+up+of+atomsPDF 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_off0000db08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31A 16632 bytes
SHA-256: e97c04ec4eeb675a2d3b21824d210c77c3c568e8893d5d3832fa0143c143c744
font_02_sfnt_off00011e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E50 10512 bytes
SHA-256: d5a099e0c0e1f46324dc41f759e045bfdc9197c2de13e00a2c4f01075210b25b