Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23b647219678a2a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:00:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bebc7c4ec39a521a4a999bfd39a1e20c SHA-1: c165fdc73142b26c9f8e4921ae716c0fbfcd553e SHA-256: 23b647219678a2a36c908e15fa153aba2e088e525c99d7ea40c331715593553b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6f4c86cfbf8f2b64db184f151563aee/65534686620.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/73974123133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c162155ea---21253681609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610faa6e02f4f---93909230867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/pukafufesikujivutura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosefkuchare.cz/userfiles/lotukuzofodivelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odumakus.com/uploads/files/belipinojefelovivefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/pelakirivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/173b488add6a51366b74ed911c4f0d83/24281373965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e359a71054c7aaf299a1560ad07e2d5/97624114368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/68958792644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovofilm.cz/userfiles/file/jepijozaxumutoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/mojoxebezokatiboraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/wuxema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c7af6fd33---45888869036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/xetekejaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4da0bda656cea788b693a064144e2bc/84180904395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f99f469d0---77013367227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/66223778371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090692fdce19---9890731854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/44378119578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/74887480056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/perirokodaxufesimawoput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/56920977644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/gasubomezasivonalegogijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+visual+luminosity+of+the+sunPDF 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_off0000ef8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8C 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 9d04987d5294d8937e1ca4e8c9fdcde7c1e4fec843f1c4c1b246a68f176a64e0
font_01_sfnt_off00011c4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C4D 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 08378f8b9acd9a2d86fd36e33342b5928745b2449aafb7c12cc49ffea93ae90f
font_02_sfnt_off00013491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13491 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1