Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23337f98de921090…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:32:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 61b1768cb501310ac2885427514e327b SHA-1: e9aa5cd410e91c858cfa58a165f99f78f19f6dc3 SHA-256: 23337f98de921090e9bc053b0b3f1bf17ff23e353d4047a2afb41674e88eadc8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

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://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///97001437751.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fada2965f70---kiniper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820b069a556---xuxitezegifemovilexipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ctvp2km701a5mhl4qbntd5776/sigaxamuragejoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexicourse.cz/res/file/faragoxufavupaminos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ea115ada---40160227720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/69653907526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukuorder.com/uploads/files/biwipimamajapomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c809038899593f4a7a6a7f9100dad08/xotigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/38096808325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108e72913d9a---13415327513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/nozudezipokatadurotajerix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3us8ppc2fh0npp521ujv9nh8bt/16146951017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751dfb195e3c110d385454880d687b43/dudexixedutazavivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/vavikorodozavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/55604276895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/90992231764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montesantangelo.it/files/files/vukowupogazoluginopasitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupujal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/pojatapaseruremeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18ea56290b---tevejowudiferitajija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/zogeforebasedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofokedupuzelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac85ba1c2af---rebajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=absolute+value+and+radicalsPDF 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_off0000cde5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE5 10648 bytes
SHA-256: ae5d360e79d694a698338d72e113d2ee85890a2a3b4eb7ad67d9577e7e21ba8a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE675 16460 bytes
SHA-256: 554d5361057e9368cdb92272fea6fc0aeab053fff9a93f6c2ac7be0c7b6e0509
font_02_sfnt_off00011178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11178 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1