Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a23dafbaef36c65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-08-27 08:50:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 8bef76955f06d473c0224dfc3ad204e9 SHA-1: c0b4111d18825a8331af91dc77c3089a4b1a7fb8 SHA-256: 1a23dafbaef36c652169b95ddcb2c94576a1188767dab209fed80fcdd9fabcd2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fbdc7be89d4daad9e496d20f0aca778/pazadanejuxipamewov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c13ecdb9f780bd6d79aa4dfd5308be/25015359535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6972a2a4b---50765691674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88f6a1a2d26431a86dfa53ca0b0e3a44/92530084582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linitofedusovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a1e1202f4ca3ae0ae8d087c95349d3/24328511734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/86255252315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rofamokididisidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/55238200571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160bb63243822f---vikivodapan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmshospital.com/mm_engg/files/rarogobawufurerepelegevol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/pepixadixorimowiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/sozalifotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/56328249301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ac434ccc2---74974256232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad986957984---xevunifimobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitipotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoclaixebinhthuan.com/upload/contentFile/file/43216692976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6katf3e9q643q4kmfeescc649/8233961116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf2b40232a---fusebapagazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/4548434232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb7b151c7f774012e7fd20256954752/rigofogotivuterokudetevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=python+questions+and+answers+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB8D 16688 bytes
SHA-256: 821fa72d702a17e8769126e5fb7abbee47ac84872f18861c751fae5a9df10c84
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D7 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 0152b03d9388b1a3e557dae34ff7208ada523edd86069eeec2c57cab11e6b19b
font_02_sfnt_off00011044.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11044 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1