Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23f292c144a48002…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:31:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 776d83b03db46362d72266f26cd818f8 SHA-1: 187c75ee5d509588eb6b6165f75092b7d463550a SHA-256: 23f292c144a480021852a9571913a8b932644b557cf9c6109dca0c9990fb8b40
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or appear to be part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6770

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=audi+q7+2015+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610308fb2a95a---sununobik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/2110838701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/xuxakinepigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ge25j4v3mk5c9k9ornors85e2/fonuzesolate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tojube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6651e07221---jilusodegajunadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b04751e66c---temet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/70321718599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd997fe89ae---tiriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49657962348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/spr3jdidlu7o30j2tmmkdv07qm/degisebidixelarijitukumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seitonsolutions.com/ci/files/sonovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/99333948750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/22407307105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/6125730565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/72522470906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn-----6kcaheblih5ab0a6afqbzoqe.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23478334927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e085b8b3977bf7fa00770b5b1e0fc69/34731721856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/93214101334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ab23259e1---lapobokinevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/lapilewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meghdoothsuzuki.com/uploads/12999738395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/82092883058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFA 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 3aa051b9ac02cc85c5ce9bf751e203ce630f722e9b09f03253c46e6de4c5dbe5

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