Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23721966049f8184…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:52:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 367457957b82d4fe138ac97177aad28e SHA-1: 325a88f4840589e75126a953293108258dd455ee SHA-256: 23721966049f8184c466b6523e6420e7fcb029a598bd7a5a25cb6d0b5787465b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ee08643f1---mogasumuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/daxulogamewapetazimape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/83589863539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/21197749426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/gesitejotased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krasneclanky.cz/uploads/10939270171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/bijidopupumifakobame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistys.com/userfiles/file/93482780545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b9a2bae97---pimilegurilosovewelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81bd43675d3d64556e7c77146145deb6/45713804484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/gebiramuvijunopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/19652845187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ujuxatinixivokofojotuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/fotalatexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkandwagforveterans.com/clients/9/96/96cc06f6b2a5429c1325f0b535cddba6/File/kuros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d66fe749ae7bad5f6fe3ff01f58f594/18993042068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/doxagugalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnh94efhehq83fd80djonn90e3/kuvomivekukegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2465dc90e---68587369059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bvab644qh3893i4u78rq3a917/vavodukapiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/58750397756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15b0b5959acc2f0d3585466752ffdb66/gexixajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=kamienie+na+szaniec+ksi%C4%85%C5%BCka+pdf+chomikujPDF link annotation
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95148898097.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_off0000dc10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF422 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 85cddcd71864ed5f434b6acae06e0e2d145b41554d39578ecf8088c25d4d3d58
font_02_sfnt_off00012017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12017 11356 bytes
SHA-256: 2ff99781211b4f2ffb6cb6ed4cc7f039a20e10b0784cc1265c66af6a2576cc6b