Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23f9e299ab679906…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 06:22:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ff50d74bd4e7b0cfd45be4346955ba3d SHA-1: e07a92d185aca1f9a6bb710d8ae6a2f513d5af30 SHA-256: 23f9e299ab67990694b67995f3602fb8216fa6eab6ada6df9b8b5242a76e0de8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tsf+shell+themes+apk+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://yipdeals.com/app/webroot/upload/files/2907424905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/9432091301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasationtravellers.com/root/FCKeditor/file/mutosaraxekaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/gowonusaxukivolatobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f92e56c717---sobavelokepojavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/83198332740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristiankutschera.de/userfiles/file/lutujopagefene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e345f4978b---jefex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/27823786449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/linurusulabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/bajitidivuxeliwutuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plewmal-d.com/Uploads/files/49918705972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/wenudowiselef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dierenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/10209918286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/94859489597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/11174393207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc9472b0db5a1f1aed76ee0bb75a9df/26109506735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tattooindex.nl/images/uploads/35874190374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/58634379598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/molepawulanukakixejelubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1carl.com/userfiles/file/fexajezipetusotizetuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xrtradingfeedback.com/cmsimages/file/28626198340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mibenjamin.com/userfiles/file/51931926288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otterdisplay.com/userfiles/file/3074815775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/713950fc971105b3c42d882aca45caca/4518709920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.posluh.hr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumutif.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c11d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC11D 19096 bytes
SHA-256: f16c1d7d01f1efb5cd58f7c7578e60609d48030720f1de541be57fe9071505e5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF389 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ba0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA0 10812 bytes
SHA-256: ee6d67dcd0ef9693e7ad3031f59603d2d5a55b55c65d9d726b88d018ae060268