Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 423edb8800d29701…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:50:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: cd1dc7cc010f74cf23df0fef25d3ab11 SHA-1: b8d667564f0831caf139d771dc6ddeaac2242f44 SHA-256: 423edb8800d297010c59fa766aaa546b27517ad45711ee2908ed6b621d4b4bcd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm designed to evade simple detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838a7f2c8f---rivetokedub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/99440122567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2512714030f640d320f6199e17624bc/970357841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/binari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed1aa737ce---59608097575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/wasewoxogukataxepirozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/50380674038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2b088033b---xotameraxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f1600b61dac97d1f5e10d0a62c8fb54/47063172191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e7d88cd7b304a8930abb36d22df6862/pigutekupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/76805174468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/vasemafavobiguxulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/kavexisuxebireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8oec18jml5kv4tjki342cj6384/8865792059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/har12hnp0a70gj86m35k5ah716/mamaxixomojufaxavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52pvr3ej7jt72qrkqg7op14qa8/7067166933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b611a7f0fb4e683646672cafb93d779a/9265341742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfcbff08c4ac4d9b2bac0243508b15b0/vegizixakumawinakofovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/63543895512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/laruvizosesepogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711d407c671---gutivativolakuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tsvsb0oo9hm48tf4eb80obp15/91033845648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fde24bf5c7ed1fb896dc29859939cba4/77744028073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/20996196691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/gogotavovinotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=adjectives+with+ed+and+ing+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE767 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 13b75c071599a45a1364bc4f61b8c8f30664fb3c0d637c11076072a8a1784c86
font_01_sfnt_off00011133.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11133 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001294a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294A 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 0148681d6d9277a0950fa1bd72a509a2e400c1a9cbbd9cc57847240f33d4f82b