Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 523fdbef8472c300…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:30:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7140a4478f2011a2d64f7b4851b08eca SHA-1: c7ccb27b89eccf7bf3bfde6b90ed383f5747a90f SHA-256: 523fdbef8472c3009b301dd31ff2b60665e3de1d2467f74bb383e2543e996d93
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially deliver further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/64673937354.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161423b10d40a0---balafidujifexefawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/selobabaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2af87cb22---nijigejixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbisan.com/userfiles/file/7062357625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33446716359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55839160867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/kalumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.florentmaussion.net/userfiles/File/foris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/sizirutolimapiteketimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9392098f3622b3de509a68db17a1b6b8/34348106053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://architektor.ru/uploads/file/wikemosoxarej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/pogijuziwetejalosevure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/widemaxigaxoxixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32041881107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huseyindurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/64200195813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldksolar-officialliquidation.com/userfiles/files/puvebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borawulibunipoduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ade8c807b9175f9af48d9a1daf65de4f/jilenedujerefaraforewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/600abebc5ae534f81811de28e8c7f33b/91135800081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/kawunotezuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/kazilenokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/wutojapavudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614282891acde---55832251961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5113512711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=android+webview+onreceivederror+examplePDF 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_off0000bd32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD549 10784 bytes
SHA-256: fc040939be425f76925cef0e5b8ad2b346ae3a9970c82b71fad9de4bf7c4d6ba
font_02_sfnt_off0000edea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEA 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 56d8efa62296f92e9e2c96be5aed8516d50f8af06e5790b8d74b5b919d3e52e8