Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23e0798822b700fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-10-04 03:13:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0f54ca1073ef8eff4473d5ab36bfd3b9 SHA-1: f9cfba5d071017e8414168983347b18b83e1ac4e SHA-256: 23e0798822b700fa18c3f5b836100e03adad7f8012e794b36fc68b87f45ff38a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the overall structure and heuristic firings indicate a likely intent to trick users into clicking links that lead to credential theft or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q458gkgorouuig4s0il6lb9nm7/kefop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4fb53e1da---46491271623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/53552504669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/lopagodinunejowomidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gasigisupapanuguwipiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/70221418825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memitabijofuxidaxovigewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140659361987---wotivegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/85694536823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/639e924fef5d962a981b8101acb139df/22187446003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/mobipolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/90392653511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adrfarysz.pl/userfiles/file/toseregodilopeworowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattshopping.com/admin/assets/images/ckfiles/velumataxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokogajaroxuvurekimaxajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161544cea0fd36---fetuwenevimugalenaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/10702160231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/puxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/nubutopamapilabavarobejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/padubonusilugomakolaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147b6f2d98d5---8569820584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsphc.com/userfiles/file///wiwogavobetafupadibitima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49339336591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd9fde0e1a---90797650159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=i+just+want+to+praise+you+lord+i+lift+my+hands+to+say+lyricsPDF 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_off0000b12a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB12A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC941 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 8097f88e3fa0715511373c96d6d158bcd04d47c82034c9dc047199ca35f8d9a7
font_02_sfnt_off0000e388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE388 14552 bytes
SHA-256: cdcfeee0525095a0c24dc76c2012f99f29a725deb768282827d39c1f380832d4