Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23d728ad7a991b73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:49:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c839705d5018f4f40636546193045ace SHA-1: 97d227d1bbd787662576526ff08bf5497db0d34e SHA-256: 23d728ad7a991b73003e3bc745e0d55935e417e68e5f8cabe3bcab4f6f8da4a6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to host malicious payloads. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate attempt to distribute further malware. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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 http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fe9b0bd9c---tiwamatavazox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/958f4d8e0408edca9303febeeb28a839/negapojupizififodapezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidra.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38385450871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b36334f972---taberuminevevinowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/dupibobuwawutebepoxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/56441949853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhuadanang.vn/uploads/image/files/jisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/22268564721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/rabatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaxtongroup.com/home5/maxconne/public_html/kaxtongroup/assets/images/newspostimages/files/8198449305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manninareunion2012.com/clients/0/03/03b30fdf9aaeeba733afadbef254ff7b/File/12068858958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkhh4cc8h79v5s1epg0nl7g2ol/18360919990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gawhs80.com/clients/873705/File/wababetosejimumube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/pulabuwosuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3aea53ffed---91031957259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110136e50deb---84323254726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38c39ae0d8368ffd7c6d4569eaf169fe/rezimofelamarusudatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/66513128133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/solazupepogakowofimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqosthbf2cntsikp11tglt58t1/saletawumojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alptw.com/images/files/47522475846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/belarujulawumoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/bifuwojexemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96172807120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062104545341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://influences-vegetales.eu/assets/Image//files/fafoxirunume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/52503346306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=woebegone+meaning+in+englishPDF 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_off0000bba2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBA2 10492 bytes
SHA-256: afacaa53cb8a3a1e0f14220bca7f1adff13075e4698610e4aba7c5dc52014ef5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD343 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB55 16920 bytes
SHA-256: f680bb6e0cf8fdca12415e86de837088aebf965b48eafff5ebbf66fca1cd1037