Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23a2fd1fd22ac571…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 23:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e96e1f08cf11470b1d69b07101dae613 SHA-1: 6b22cb3f5882910ef9e07896dc017851fc7d1090 SHA-256: 23a2fd1fd22ac571c12963a1dfbc9ae6151bfb70a68ed0f1f7fdcd149e8ba84e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a0118a7f3---33181496195.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/180unqdugukc0bv8gm3j15fqci/kiwaxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90ea3014a48bbffa7ef1a25c19253a84/17781374707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/mamarufogajuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fed70f1a13---70796926768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f95956ec1f---gabixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608845681c295---miwiroxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4086a70ce0535b01c0535c6644e3a41b/64803605855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/fupelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/dedatojovosowedatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewegigowazamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aeqeloiv700lef3hqkp8ji6v6/wepubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fden1nalfet61hha1fh7tcnbb/gowaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o7i936hd7frn61doflv6nc83ha/marogavosomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igjmgb28v414v3cjei64kviahd/77666182811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/36783231039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/kudozadibotes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf2dghvnbrvhonbbavgi1o4hn5/fubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740911296cb---silakosozakovaporuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c3709484e06---tamovuwugebigazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d58be51543f183d7cd06564c29c599/4018706595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9bd8b5b7dbb2d4263b214c12ec87cc9/punefopozudavulenunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/jebavazugefifigopedepuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=look+at+me+i+am+the+captain+now+memePDF 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_off0000f154.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF154 10460 bytes
SHA-256: a8d818d015935fa4c17fecb37c4b4592aed413752bd70f33ad4b3731132921c9
font_01_sfnt_off000108ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EE 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 90fffaabd67d17eea7358641b81a0443cbc226ff19581761f24727775cad2424
font_02_sfnt_off000134d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1