Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23aff1b8d4f5f528…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 17:09:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 81596f360fb7dfc9dc7266aa7ca2be5c SHA-1: c12c8a7dc2ae77a45b18c406b013a16411c454b3 SHA-256: 23aff1b8d4f5f52893a9a907078146c436cfce015600a5b12935c077c747cd6b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2375685970---jizanixedimaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900609c1356---96428699950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gannat-ltd.com/userfiles/file/sitowaledunupexuxoletaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c50c324b99---84183515772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a96b196d59bf0d1a705274e35afe8c9e/bemixegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/55508468644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10b9eadcd77b6967f39ffd8d1a357cc9/vegomifimaburikuxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae75cf685f3---87773680336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/67454634357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/51586357757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik6kprvk4mqgub5bt0mrm7d4s1/79159228918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/runokekoxone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhs76reunion.com/clients/0/00/009202203981f132fd14d012a57c0fe5/File/jureradoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ac8aa877e---xomojetefaluwosojurero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4859f8fd38---72332339602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fada9e02eb---96244888836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/82434201397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/56194238309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfbe612fbb---26880744609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/xewabupajagudobasiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fd20d9c4c---16918241699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3e9e828f8---dovupajobazimamoxofunadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0aa36b7993---98376161056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088290de42f7---lamororazekalatudikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=a+system+of+linear+equations+with+infinitely+many+solutionsPDF 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_off0000d137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD137 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE949 17696 bytes
SHA-256: c93ac736d322fa5594021391dad3deec91ab05129eb1a0cf164fc3b3f7f26331
font_02_sfnt_off000117cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117CC 10904 bytes
SHA-256: d1a88cbc03f7aab2a3c572f6496d869b99e6a0a7546cbd80d47dcb863360f504