Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23dde64f7a9f22a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:42:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 167f156d96f3d76ecd1492a9f3e7c8bf SHA-1: 398914c4f375e4ddc78081fb27b7d8b9f6ec3ae2 SHA-256: 23dde64f7a9f22a1dced66de0de19c17d9e27cb62b4cbda7ac0a52f1166a25bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of 'utm_term=apk+para+android+whatsapp' suggests a lure for Android-related applications, potentially leading to malicious APKs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=apk+para+android+whatsapp
    • http://ryukatsu.com/userData/board/file/benowedexisukotov.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613410850b076---41465599928.pdf
    • http://gestioniarmatoriali.it/37880741917.pdf
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24703814583.pdf
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/daxepijanimaregorexag.pdf
    • http://domario.ru/userfiles/file/kibowimerulefo.pdf
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/gigunipopezukuwigopuso.pdf
    • http://mawarids.org/mpfiles/file/lugugobibunozaxisadi.pdf
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/36574793578.pdf
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/gimobulusaxawesirifulo.pdf
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/38692023604.pdf
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/17014849995.pdf
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/57473047937.pdf
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/3924336695.pdf
    • https://congchunghadong.com/uploads/files/28218615948.pdf
    • http://toszegisuli.hu/userfiles/file/72444857710.pdf
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/92150693322.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613109618783d---66040829040.pdf
    • http://ecolservizinettuno.com/userfiles/files/62591276373.pdf
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/gosiki.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136eec187281---8659072157.pdf
    • http://life-homeshop.com/asset/uploads/files/kijew.pdf
    • http://www.jasfec.com/imgs/uploads/kolabilo.pdf
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/53938294184.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e812.bin
b31feb57b3e7c53e7e9e24c6b16741b1b3f114cdd107b9e3752c8ed20fa59aa6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE812 18276 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001178e.bin
8698a002f2df72f987ee46ea3eeb09fba56a432dba8f13454dd16e7e1d29cb10
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178E 10468 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f5b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F5B 16792 bytes