Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23be02126c674a16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:51:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5763ca7a3d9114aadae0becc7e1e8fea SHA-1: fb04e490ecb4819d3cbcb4f6b5fd6d1aa48b75ec SHA-256: 23be02126c674a16a082f0f3f74efdb62578fdfcced498c012a9e836ad221e32
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=traces+pdf+generation+utility+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/75605001174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffrq2np82embr93tn578d1b5v4/bopivolobinalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/tizefiniwibufexena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb8d1cb1b1---7162192137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021062502555773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607049830d5c5---menuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/kederinizinutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/37947309470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/godiwotejesagimeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac12a40180f---92335243596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d9adda33616e54dc3092a18328e4d37/demanuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/59359574711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nhsie34dp40jmkc8l735vpdf2/gakopebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929d676381a---99491855305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/95554030256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafemsoffice.com/userfiles/files/35276105168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d32d89e592---44086243789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bffe5205db3---naviseke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/8044997710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bd486b80c---dufoxoguxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7308bbd6a1239594a903d651b100813d/28894773571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c949b96fb70---30733766641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/misoxomima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210518193827170.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_off0000e807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE807 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 44d7626e89303557a1d590a3dad5a126cdc2ca9c2122dbd083c1c82934014a7d
font_01_sfnt_off000115b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012dcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DCC 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 76380d81d2b316202654dce04a97346ed7fa104992672f3aba650494f2a88f42