Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 232fed3341080ff6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:11:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5abf4e896dc052fc84273e073f8fbbe5 SHA-1: 7dbf9af069e384e4db442345cd1da40b3569be1c SHA-256: 232fed3341080ff6cd0f268604977ff91cded70b431692c943917b921865a265
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/24514461231.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr4v0iqj406e8obnoah7r27f87/50537069471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c4pqu1a12aurdj7b0bdasor7/79062304635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ef8968ddd---73323158546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsunyapi.com/userfiles/files/12234818628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c687c3c62dabdfd28f9d1b6a0fd1ed6/lubisudonipijedep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/80699926760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.com/files/files/51295274156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/89500108350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/xivevirinoxubifovezef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/38147705633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5d4b1d8197---16019550064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonio-pelella.eu/userfiles/files/jawobemopemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/181ee4aca784afeaf4d153ed264e6bad/78298584749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c2f6bc5eb5d5d2b363f619d950ecb07/51053443239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3248195688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/19482282831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94auoog4qemj7eetf7ndnekuhr/zupovapawepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdb9ed9114f0695bf19c14a941f69f34/24736702796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/67492011455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2223366024267a2fc97fa8c1524013f2/mofugetara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812a444905d---74405133233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/rolomeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/wekenekomupezazisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=gastroenteritis+signs+and+symptoms+merck+manualPDF 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_off0000f682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF682 11204 bytes
SHA-256: ab0c5b6d0de249351e55729c248cf7b082f99d1eca82bed474d2a43b4029df25
font_01_sfnt_off00011093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11093 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 595f5fc335b07333406cd9019da5e2a843da1a5dff5734bade113e2a27311fd0
font_02_sfnt_off00013d73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1