Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23c4f79df9d438e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:31:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8e103043d4dace85b3e35c9e56621157 SHA-1: 7b0c2c1d2be1eab03da1d7c739adf1539dee0b36 SHA-256: 23c4f79df9d438e55900217124b8a32bc81b0fcf0d6bca35f639450bfee6e245
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and the presence of image-only content with an action trigger, typical of a screenshot lure. It contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+fraction+worksheets+for+1st+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/58930850320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20d2ea43d47d0171d6594c8d7d4e6718/pizurugenesadelorediredu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd842a34d5ad7a1c4c90625a6ab16358/30178376707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/sorituzubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9dd792e3f---27922172352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608785e396e0f---wusubomefotitisanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3c29d225406525349622f1c3f0fff5/34101276193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/16108037966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54860981fc---siwagafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawojazapotidijivobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pacautomarketing.com/file/vowekugafakufevexomokela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/93013548485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/wijupatifawukaxowatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f697855f0---bufokufisiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6b59c7526965314d312c1718c1969c1/40032735932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/soronaxunegavari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb442fbac7b16eb84853fd49170f8a08/zekomoriwowovijesigapebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610295118e1bc---kotamodijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h133jmdrod38pre3upmcpnfn2/pamagewetulezabetiren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/najuverijogelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddce2e7a92---64897494231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahcarpets.com/userfiles/file/85479531754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/joxajepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gc2jja34rvgco8bfdmjqhg70jj/36430695671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketherballize.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kumefakufavujov.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_off0000b4fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4FC 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 1e0e210963e7af495b7312537ab084a7287ee93c97cae70507573471f3495e5a
font_01_sfnt_off0000cefd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e70f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70F 14364 bytes
SHA-256: 809b3fe77959567e4c1295a6aa7ebec6525a565d561db5433cc2203a9d857010