Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 423b9a90bc8334fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:19:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 99f0d3d8a5542210244617ff1c0f998b SHA-1: 32bf82b4247d8bb8ac6baadf040360fefd996625 SHA-256: 423b9a90bc8334fc5e68d691fbe2aa67e7eeeaa509535da8bde16baf19331dc0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to deliver malicious content or lead users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/52809937701.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://refinerlink.com/userfiles/file/kakebukojebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/bivowulomusaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133cc55d081e---zuvadaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oie2drr5hjdgr2p3stkocuaei9/17542824164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/tisugoruwotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/89973118152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lke7vc0rsnnv485ispa2cpogb3/27978446844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c97b6f0bf8---67981310681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifodakagefaberonigape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4fa4ae7641---2184002784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gkscam.com/userfiles/file/kunozeroses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106b35c97b15---3065197476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffc7d1485a---34752959938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52ba5de822---83574085671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/zadatevonewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8593613677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8irtp21mgnfgjpv0bj6u0jt72/4854136738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081386420919---15427284096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://punaide.com/userfiles/files/90007485317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6889bd426d---36351304313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d79aa6af2---63542330072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ugc+net+chemistry+question+papers+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC70 17924 bytes
SHA-256: fd44dd83cb5cc2c1c0199c1405aad380d6320778825dc3108b2c53286869af05
font_01_sfnt_off00010afe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12315 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 5bff7fe0e0e4e0f7f01488eb6d7c23f151e23d5d0de6489f84223e927ff63900