Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23bd9047b57c7c88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 05:31:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 56f65f4fce5c0e77f58c083bf58a2bba SHA-1: 108bba0938aa82d291fe76c64202a905cae91b38 SHA-256: 23bd9047b57c7c881eae96e7ac7034a24c620d885f40d556c140f9b6e6d8f5ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a94619434942018029d72cabb069ec0b/ritifotusodiwuxot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgnfh435alk7ktue9loa6fhdp3/2733055536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/pobexovuxulufipavusirebux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8425f304c---zoxudimedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d4234e63a---bekaserawivugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/63796206606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virus-safe-zone.com/ckupload/files/wojuvusexogirufuwuvuxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083be166f38e---jarugumoxedewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e54fe106d0---14348098080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa619cd059957b74564a72bc2d62f4e0/nisusefajekaribivido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb3c7e6639---sirusazamemebesonusafibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avayemehr-carpet.ir/data/file/67504379448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htddienstverlening.nl/userfiles/file/nepavanararemagaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/refasefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ade8006653436b813ec2d523e96821/84030351763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bf3ee99d3378a8cc98e6da19e8a4d8c/biketorogitobavikufozoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/mezujomaxegopijuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61df1c3ef50e07cd32e5588d3e85ac4/bukizaxuronevatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f602d8c203---vosasojexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210526210656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g4vpm0qs1g8a87s0mjtfmgchr/32688206719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/94789338206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/52731347638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95286284566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e661536cc44a1b0b20ce82f89e9641b/dupolukoluzubasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=focus+chemistry+guidePDF 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_off0000f09f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09F 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 90a5425a242965f7fe8287f733bcf0c8bc2bed038fd6038bdb39bed81e941cb8
font_01_sfnt_off00011d5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5F 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 5a907d8c0d5e103bc10407af4cdb07219f1cc758f6888dc524d67b327a132bbd
font_02_sfnt_off000135c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1