Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23b1aa5f212d6a8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 03:53:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: ca2a368e2dd769fb17d3e3ffcc8442db SHA-1: 0db1bd0604da106c7b847736b56d8f6335633a57 SHA-256: 23b1aa5f212d6a8c310888dd40728ff7416844b0d1e1c04c6d14dc707b23ff09
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca612a8f93a0778407b6bf91be1b171/vagajamago.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608816ade07a6---fowoxulubikaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad7341316aae1dfdda0f3aae555f29f/64998513747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/ninuzikagapuxizewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_095EEECDB5C5A667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9aeeb54ac---luxajuwezagas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3390eb6c7bb1557c30d306a0ee13d82/pegiviludosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/84290413650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3ce04c368---12390934329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1622464014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/83740988954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/98385208777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982bf91c2bd---vaped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/14427147569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/27137774661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/salelafurikibufawasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210609124059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/44696161091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/11966140709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4gud73c16r705tsd33t5i2s9j/11665303825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6f3b614d4---99417530715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/feniwidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/36067708720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=what+can+you+bake+without+eggs+or+butterPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8afca6c5586a802f0de69ebe2b3e3cb6/xojivakimuran.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_off0000f77a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77A 17860 bytes
SHA-256: f3bf0a36b75d6064c3d2a7e1ded15892306378ca2c4a6c781bb09ee65e143926
font_01_sfnt_off000125cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125CC 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 1cc6e7f68ca76362c99ac0bfdb99aa761c62e1d91486da8f6b1ee3e129b5385e
font_02_sfnt_off00013f6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1