Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 023e1665d0d81eeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d5f2d0fae2e44ad91a78e8f16fc475fb SHA-1: 2f5554ee0508b3eea986f1b72d79eb97ddace40c SHA-256: 023e1665d0d81eeb1db9e3bf715ee5bbaf0f2cc2db47dff4472142cced5ab655
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The primary attack pattern observed is the presence of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content or phishing attempts. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/mekanopobefakoda.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1301766d2e5d66d4f805ef718e7416ef/gokilagozuzubokidevemado.pdf
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8329489df7662de6a10a28df991521f/vonisidavuforojaki.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a7040c576---40451399233.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/barexilesuwajovu.pdf
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxagofaxupifos.pdf
    • https://thinkhigh-tech.com/d/files/96845518292.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c771b70dcb3---gimasotowiperuvifeme.pdf
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/52228750410.pdf
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/90267453925.pdf
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210611_082854_6948.pdf
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d3008be9b---nofujikatako.pdf
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/febapatoduremalu.pdf
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/20907821623.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886f7263731---muzalixanijobugonudajos.pdf
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081eee0e1a47---keloferotav.pdf
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/gazelexozejajikukuluxudi.pdf
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a71f9121cb264bdc125e915cbc3fe2e/purixukaveponidakoma.pdf
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d773ab3cb670034976150eba85d14668/8785815565.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k0asbd7akc3gcmnij1q3gqcm0/nomujidatujakuxazo.pdf
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/58905463222.pdf
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608584e58973f---fezatuwovexoxibudesom.pdf
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/vuwuvurakidemupados.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pizza+and+co
    • 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_off0000ca74.bin
b403a308743cd9d6bf074197c3d45596b5299583eb2fcde3877ab3bbacc5e674
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA74 9880 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e049.bin
6b2a2f559a1ff240e6d36a174dd15c90ef99230e518d1edca775c539372f9b29
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE049 16904 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010c42.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C42 16792 bytes