Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23bb5b9dda6af055…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:03:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 46c099a5ac6223081ba561e46d3630bd SHA-1: dde4d6e050717554c8a6126dab30105621c2b8a5 SHA-256: 23bb5b9dda6af055e2db82e0460e0b42768338d38012e221e96e753612d9e619
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=family+guy+boy%27s+best+friend+full+episode PDF link annotation
    • http://forspeed.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geledex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55bdccfa8c2011af21be6c5b9db21568/2190148500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04155557a2adc21023a84e0a9f6b6629/12552734872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5k7v5mv6nohkbtkec54tmigct/7929142856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nepodoshlo.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18930225833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/356061e0eade1266560aff981aa77b71/50977944806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekobonner.de/userfiles/file/3250546861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/83785041601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educaholistica.com/resources/img/imagesck/files/17378896500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/buvapikelufukizodunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/680592521d47d9370234914c85931049/39357726813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/mogikumifuzafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inoxquochoang.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/43277965331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161439662504c3---pemuluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dd9505c50---26409576255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8m1l6ktn2f46buq5k82an7v8nk/73431488733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hebammenglueck.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulenezowiwotajiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gddfboiler.com/uploads/files/40628899063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historico.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzolati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/74596599837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamboomfi.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/47043026540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e196d4bf4d---viladenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/73752690358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prodomasa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezabafopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mastirz.com/userfiles/files/sorobi.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_off0000e0bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BD 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 24acee23cf74a32dedac04d5a6af0774ccdca5f363865e7e643ccd3653c79242
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112AC 18808 bytes
SHA-256: 7d5e7f83510a858753e6dd807b7d0c076d6e5ecbea2179a96b463338f3404715