Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23744cb28130f3ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-25 02:19:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a63e368c342e4326354a2efd5a8a82d8 SHA-1: da17a4cff7f1777b1fd115bdb46fc513ab32205a SHA-256: 23744cb28130f3ab8df0946fad3b3ad5084c59a67a31cd6b8ab0dfa087e268e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest this PDF acts as a link farm, likely intended to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

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://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf6ddca7bcc---22439811569.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2160b6ea65---zeluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/ziranop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074582f84ec5---49459518137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5ff0afcb2---4591277912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797f30840f3---rexerekevogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/lubepivulukibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acd56f345d---43693175004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/wodimesepamubijidujonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c71ac498c---31778668408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kerawinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizalepamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/12840072109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeclassof1987reunion.com/clients/37165/File/51913667187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/renavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9f4458d20---7464316204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/boruzafefufepoweno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818db13bb26---xuzegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3q8i4f34gfknt1rsbvbf27u05/buzasamopoviwedija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misbahelmudii.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagapewagax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dbd82cfa6---gezeseduxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737f0d6dfbd---3723635989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/51495527356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbeed426787---48277123807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1970.org/clients/872719/File/mezadifurexasokufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c631eed7f04---musabivitelaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+general+writing+sample+test+papers+with+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000ff3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3C 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 3c204f768d89fb936a16e384960822cb2b1552ccc277579bc5416a389c42382a
font_01_sfnt_off00012c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14457 10864 bytes
SHA-256: a2be66c35f01a2c2858791fa42d08baffb2eafccd79a57ed41c75574dc2269f7