Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23d486c7a85a4e72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ff32a0be8bc5ed7347d9a2b4851bb762 SHA-1: 84aaac0b002b19be7ba98e7aae63682faa242db7 SHA-256: 23d486c7a85a4e720d771f20690b7a5cc95b11ce987cf5a0d2754b055eded3ef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further support its malicious nature. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the phishing intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 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 http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/22994513898.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608789c8a181d---kesokuwazasavugegila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/gewijewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocariola.com/userfiles/files/witobadaxanenamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/fonaxojisotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7rk1vh5bkivlu6o2k2e1e376s/lizusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/58866547673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3d8375442---fesejisejekevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://govox.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4vq2qojqc79r5jlauen01o8qd/rufekezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/gisafudebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210530053613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dd3e48cc5---deregewamasinubozugiwumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/49302611323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/fokaxijufim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/linuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/64183257596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulherinscampground.com/clients/879992/File/wemafaroxovidapepoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c402eee0e0f---75955446103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a993ce64ae8---vizunedojoluxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ce1f2d608---tewowalirokewopavelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/51745744450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o04m4gg68tk1m472csu4ke8fl4/60943803064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ace581fda---nojaxogigevamemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dinosaurios+para+colorear+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off0000f016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF016 18360 bytes
SHA-256: 52375fd95eb42d490795365048c8f6a3c56476967197dc2262f62815d681e18e
font_01_sfnt_off00011e9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B1 10896 bytes
SHA-256: d970b7d204d85aa8e622d15b4b548e832d621a92cbc3771a8d920f7fba92bfec