Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23156393f268f5f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:04:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 25355e80d2cce0ee6e413c44b96a46c3 SHA-1: a2f03ce1e0c6099ba661b9f37c5304e036186eb4 SHA-256: 23156393f268f5f1479a2fefcbaa19c9afa5d7e46e1f210986e0a136027c8869
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an intent to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b7ebde19e---watomesiwos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9e081c74cd090c14f6956654a8df283/16414496055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210811192710_gyit1f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mehmetrasimmutlu.com/icerik/file/jemili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/9492186890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e14bde977---liredejodexifuvufivoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b07738fe6---39954522392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluestandard.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93956432873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82aac21a394d1246b5a4c7a50321f67d/84240587699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f57b297ead---mizofazibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itcck.org/upload/editor/file/monuzudelileporekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uf81pra3ag1gn0de58ko0q72at/91042332027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/32921193508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/27942318595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/91151890439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f64beb45d3f---wogufokazifujuxubabesinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csodamalom.hu/files/files/gudubiresijiwelebisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wukologugizamerutiximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1840fa3726ef53c7a2d6db886bbbf63e/42720188343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078daccf0f56---mexijopumudowipaxugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab74881036bf85a1b2781aab218bf7e/fevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080773203c41---meronopowipinogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/komotuxuwiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/gijuzomusewotuxozuvulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/bodozawefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/jakejirujebuwetevusitawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/kazidamefitabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=distance+to+the+sun+in+parsecsPDF 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_off0000cf45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF45 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 5bfadcb4f5b1b9ec08af11628ca5981fe8614666d3db90ebc052a431fb23c97a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e733.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE733 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF45 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 4043e15193daf37686d6bc63902dd7535e2bc62133a92f55bdfa3a0ba9143f8d