Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 231748b4d4556cd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:51:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b66af9c27cf1659c63b7eedc04e07d24 SHA-1: 93cc5bc870553013e996593781bb6afd0fe96fee SHA-256: 231748b4d4556cd0c2cd37a981217e67e968ccb4f1d756f32a80dc6347c61efc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of 'utm_term=career+guidance+questionnaire+pdf' in one URL indicates a lure to trick users into clicking. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=career+guidance+questionnaire+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://studiomontironi.eu/userfiles/files/vixugefebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee93074a5e---losutojimekonarinobupiriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biogenetec.tw/image/files/20210825_034245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f47a3f4b402b25a1ca7de10352e00b88/furumebunugomowabekukug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t11p87eol8pff2vn4s4vvlgqc5/77761721163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/87603874662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4d4554948---domilefegopewijadivuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c77be21adf---57035859928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/96456217135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d49d07744---70794764831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f8cebc735c30644133ab6156729f0a/bazigepojovizajepip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/25915830842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/47223715536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/48221568770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/49285310383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a73cd157c06d619be5c0c30cec183f7/medoxowadabotinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/zigozevoxewozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ad3fec92c9b0bb0b158c97a71ecc66/19335579022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/162226793188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090311ede06b---fasulibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3fcdded7a13934b3dcde43d83393242/mifarelagatotewinupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbg72sh6tjn9hhkh6i05vm33o3/44335892355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607259f948c0c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0969363a507a4301648ac184ccfe5a1a/zuzagizawagosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/32106479895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazulutuzotosupuwibemiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegibbsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/d9/d929505c7faf6263097cc97620c39d65/File/24277054856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d5a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDBC 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 2771bc34407d5ba83feb4668fc7b2dd8ee9600c3b2b7ee26ef267ae473ad4c08
font_02_sfnt_off000106fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FD 17648 bytes
SHA-256: fb395adbf88897476a512bdad93f10fd7d6e8aed4d371980aa6764220171b4f1