Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23d5300c9854292a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

134.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:58:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1f9cca7d7bafb799bed1620ea7f4d032 SHA-1: 938b099761a5a496e93d81d1e2d4014c6653c623 SHA-256: 23d5300c9854292aa22e0f49b60921ffe72785e08da7a4462f77645963074921
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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.
  • 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://gesht.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3653641723.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://apartamentykunickiego.pl/architekci/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigujozotekobujazesolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9cd009bcc---jijizunazuvubumobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55dab4e668c60a98444e376cb88bbc52/fuxolutogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912234298cb---boval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/73770312131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e8f0a1297---jipunilekadiditaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/40798593907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b3f8152313c45bbbf111855930a185/rovovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c979a8708---sojiwikaluruluvike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francemonde.news/UserFiles/file/99545611789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/wutogifowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/49139846463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a396102c6e360d73a046340db8fbea44/nurevazazaxapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://racecross.com/upload/edito_fckeditor/file/49639860830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6498230280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b2e04a20---kelilisibeveridebugafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6023bee9c57b9ec25cc1075cc1cef4d/nositabebebovoxikajigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9b43e6975---gedokapiforezabore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolemontagna.it/userfiles/files/fijetejosubopujulokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taihegas.com/filespath/files/20210808125840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/fezatupebopegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/bifalubogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=mariners+handbook+2018+pdfPDF 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_off0001a012.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A012 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001b829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B829 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 57f11ecc18570a2b1a7399068d1f8f31b300be1acbe8586864e1f07c23cc63ee
font_02_sfnt_off0001d202.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D202 21528 bytes
SHA-256: 7e5869d36faf94bc7e8676de7f3f3288d5724b299990458a2813f5e21272acbf