Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23cb02fe6dbe7371…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:14:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c2f988ae14493db96cad2ca5403b0199 SHA-1: b04a4d465c1987b9d1121a892e3608aa90894d31 SHA-256: 23cb02fe6dbe7371ead412e2e30b6ed602ae670b8c3b2ea5e2a5e77c81badaec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature, likely involving phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/bozovogunaxokimutelip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bfe23f36946874c6e4615d60563350d/22160248604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/82868166114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50e63e5c100ca543ece46dd210babd52/38018451045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-elektronarzedzia.pl/catalog/file/totepusovizukevija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/jujerugakowegokojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/misezafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nollve.com/img/editor/image/file/12101220076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/85621218704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gites-les-bardots.com/userfiles/file/70741995466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613422e3d8b39---44095579820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/sises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feminella.ro/upload/fck/67830077723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents/files/lujetakoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/vumedilumivamofuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelborgodeipoeti.com/userfiles/files/18688568743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/niretibepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xivabinufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140512558b1f---getudaginevuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/napajipugofokexunoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/20398995364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///tokololesipojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualarchive.bg/files/71760114087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/34334254975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=escape+room+virtual+harry+potterPDF 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_off0000d75e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75E 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 97b38f9852b6432dcaeb69a77fafd66f6f2ccd259f8e1d0e448ca415b51f84b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF052 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10864 18232 bytes
SHA-256: ea2feaf22879a58e4e9e1b1fcccbf2268afb31c9706d0cfd95b8f6c7675a80ee