Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23e3ae2973675fec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:12:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b63990aa0b720b6eadf8f042d4e45b59 SHA-1: 4293a039c5dcb20b3392ff70edc7a97b9871c8a9 SHA-256: 23e3ae2973675fec51b55074b5fa4eed0ed62518781db0708b7f126385505e51
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, such as https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=v+groove+meaning, are likely used to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=v+groove+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086884105db9---vinelabipiruven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/xugesabolametuxivofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/xomijeripuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f30e564e84c4cc6fa9534b9f9b24e22f/xupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/fakolefata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/57507440344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b8ce328ed---91009017894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66d8e286e95a023185da09b695291f45/78185039583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d45cd3af9c8e8eb3c98d70388cf30d18/davomebimaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1qag01h0esl3ef9lu5t4oalib/sarupapinituwivosoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/45042472939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608515c151af3---49514836207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65b95da1e0f987bc1b1124fdd4670865/bobakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darienhigh70.com/clients/878490/File/zadalodefigakivutaxarisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4573d9533---15819189180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097aef869945---gidinufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/53411361660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f5b9d75c6307ce813483186efad3054/81323612825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/20474002157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/86556397929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9f056e761811c63d7904e901626d0c/77587888762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6f3c45be6445a15a28c1a145ab0a91/48669767728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e270.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE270 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 30c9432b4556efc5ebb5c7c36982dd4ddb9841b55e7592c192f788cb3b04a8b6
font_01_sfnt_off00011223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11223 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A3A 10176 bytes
SHA-256: 544308d7e9b9581afdb7339b43cc30f1cfae9e89540a12f8769a785c3d4133e5
font_03_sfnt_off000140f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140F3 13156 bytes
SHA-256: a165901c9e4ae5d978407f18ad7a5aade324abcd0c3984706a0aa6b610c6471c