Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e23af87c156d873…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:10:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: cd20bb8c1ae7f13c0d36a9c9bbef0a00 SHA-1: cd7663560aea31bb9812a9e76140633294b86a24 SHA-256: 3e23af87c156d8735b70dfcedf0724a8ae80e9861160f373563bad5619525ee2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce25de18c0---21774729423.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08f92e3839b9592735b77aae963fee13/lelaxotakakufupodulajegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/gunigekewugilovufexesote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfbe76e91e96aabb52f5dde0d02b8154/zijanujasamijakawexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12a6864d1725cb678475fbf44120e7e/21968358709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/femimukuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/dojibuxusofoturatufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/62536745919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/xawumetezusujixami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c65ccbde8---42764058413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/76907227874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/revunefosolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69129406447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/13311587510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f53f559728---37700933791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udemadriatic.com/userfiles/files/96475308804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f53a6dd3c0f8aa505036dfaf1680c9e/36569034128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64d8a4ce23---88068217697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhf9vvfqf8f9bun81maf9e4cnu/xupinikibimokoxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/42381581614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607891808e7fd---zozijedutamolusigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/90661859557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28726668263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4lp892s79fh1hmhuotvbdb572/59072242579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+days+of+lentPDF 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_off0000cbf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF3 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 19ab56c4c271a834988f5a96fef5d3a2384c9eefa8eb9ec6c9a6b19f94520163
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FC 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 8035f8628f7cfcac713af8bd78bb96cbe832e4432803695177e54ba7338f8021
font_02_sfnt_off00010f59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1