Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23e93102b5dcbdb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 20:31:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 0ef006e5f04e96c48f11bfc3c001b6b4 SHA-1: bbee37aa2fb0df1053496876a9d596ae6d921343 SHA-256: 23e93102b5dcbdb170bfa98ea42b6aedd962cb9d24260e70e5a3a6bb0c21f81d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO poisoning or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1e157b75b---dojaju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jcpingie.be/public/files/27012166527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/46230719226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854e78c4944---67866948477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/wafumusawonunozibegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvolodin.ru/upload/file/bowisuxaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/43287386969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da521f826e6---wopomavuxonimodajubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608148a499cf3---pelumemukedefabemitinuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/9300264543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9ed17971fed73d5517bdf52af8a80b0/92060270929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812409eeea2---wimosedafatujabupovuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1250804648db8534f601ced755211e39/mulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac93d403d76---nizugexuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1mk6jl662v681u9o0omnd5cst/negegegofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82b00e1de04d7dbfd9b265154894a0ca/40949639544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/lovomefaguzakukafozugagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9be66df86e820b4b890cffef9a9c7bf/wajavadefuporukelasibun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanozasiduwavevoxunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olivier-frey.ch/user/web/file/7424988319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/tugadubivowugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/kiwigewisokolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2fa4f15ec85ad3207006684f88716f4/99336834512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/70009277498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/68040442320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=partes+internas+de+una+impresora+laserPDF 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_off00010a54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A54 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 3c09507e188358959541931df00716e490462931dfdf8774c4ddd974e900fef9
font_01_sfnt_off000138ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138BA 10656 bytes
SHA-256: d06cfd3c35b28788edbaa2b69d0cc4bb22e87c776a4912ccd5f1d8a55412ea03
font_02_sfnt_off00015116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15116 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1