Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d23f8c518717183…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:05:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5aad3391b9654c094fff2cd5f363ef87 SHA-1: 72e85ba6bae221d243ba9d74677948c2f75cbbbb SHA-256: 1d23f8c5187171839088f44d6fc070821812ab2cd1ff030aca343b9cdb133af2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/81753767096.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/pebasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/86074681088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747f6eaf134---bulibidukez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/11274825798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a195b394cfa---jidemonafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/90714630997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/tometigavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20861288167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9491d0307---77279727528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78742ruo2bcd47vnu0hthqr7nd/baxifuguludilugizotelegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/69734631915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/57899305766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f24d777c4---bigawixerujedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e1219ffae8aa856491ef0e7f0f58e08/lapugaxinipuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyfun.tw/uploads/files/202108151806576372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/408fc9538334625c305fb89a28b6a8a0/lepilepekevikexogowumasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98555484212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/demaxowopenaluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5814c85c60c645a8625abd84716b06ae/31884479895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678821b2eea8b1e0562d73f3155fdcd8/20310265499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80adpfaaeictf0c6c7i.xn--p1ai/public/file/60517046903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/72613327991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083403eee74b---46880914898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=oestrogen+and+menopausePDF 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_off0000e883.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE883 18204 bytes
SHA-256: 219662231f904369cd92326371b03b40b9ef5aca5191bc5b1dc8ff436bce2cfc
font_01_sfnt_off00011707.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11707 10720 bytes
SHA-256: ee27b8fef5c0d17e43c3e0e338cb7afbedc247fb4a5f8c45efa7ea8195c46929
font_02_sfnt_off00012f7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1