Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23876ce37a383028…

MALICIOUS

PDF

175.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:19:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 4a22509fb32d47305c1c118269db96ff SHA-1: 2ba058618603eec353081be55166cf26e07cfeda SHA-256: 23876ce37a38302846e16dd08048482f87070da5c13bf5c632f69b6ae95594b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/57330359665.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/vubusuwerovukewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/6094157068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/tixogagimozafawivopujafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolaniprojects.com/userfiles/file/30642925024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ce3203ebe---90151753894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de3423954c1686dee4dcec63a2f818c/33314271492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cc56e31bd20d7f0e1439b0a56aabe56/26207184987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087010a9d582---bikudubukazopivox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0c7s83q8m5mod11j9pnefq9iq/kodopubobizimupuzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc36e1b437---padalapapakixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e380fd2cfc8254c1c2232235a05e3e2/41582367086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/midevetaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/devoseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5c937629c---47584548735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa318ee81b84de85bbbc873f2bc66d3/xedaroxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnsbp.com/all4help/fckuserfiles/file/wejadakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85629853780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/38043602925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da20140d06c---51872234293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/8698117311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d205003c51---beravizasufitotusajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/70216074818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=unification+of+germany+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0002492b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2492B 20400 bytes
SHA-256: 50b2131508c7b08b0b9b56d549839ec230affb8d7af924072fa0b39c5ebc19ce
font_01_sfnt_off00027e60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27E60 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 2e295ff5800700517bef76b11674b31795e47648480b53d458418450f1634a41
font_02_sfnt_off000297cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x297CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1