Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 623a08ce70f19b02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 00:01:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 47fdef349df20f42a37b2a3d3b187112 SHA-1: 1a7e0a8842c866f9c2034c8921c535081caed63a SHA-256: 623a08ce70f19b021778e00cb271a1f883c1ee3e9aaff563a2b3e6dc864ed2ba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to trick users into downloading further malware, likely disguised as legitimate documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=archith+boloor+medicine+3rd+edition+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/modirepujugot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/zigejemekavujowesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eaa0e944be---kebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/dulagawoxarebikebuzupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelakewangshangduchang.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210913_183057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.frank-diagn.hu/userfiles/files/jilaveretikufugozufabuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/vakaragiguzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f786252063---makokoxeresuleduvediseput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202109121751063083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/telifejovelorabepawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/2344624375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/vedojetuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b088db6143---6514427103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmangroupllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedumupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demirlermetal.com/resimler/files/28672500578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ba3d45020---94099208278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domoticasociale.it/immaginiNewsletter/file/83248535607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/97368490611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/bebikitedonokawezopoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/zujepikapilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62910sqrocsl1ju8lc1g8siqsf/lisixekegefuwekoxixufedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesuxexakegurif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitycare.com/FCK-UserFiles/files/dosonufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/barogaduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmcthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwuvupigezasirajege.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_off0000ba2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA2B 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 98e07791e163d0991706d922f5fe44b5d070f8b53774c49771615419d8bfeadb
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC4 18284 bytes
SHA-256: 84851f49f94526f131cf1aadcd67cf37e2ff963bd0a317804c6eb0201c623a83