Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 623ae4cb71fe7b8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-08-13 05:05:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 05d837c128666571b94005747fad3838 SHA-1: da3ea30b9796bf9010b359a632a0b86386db72bd SHA-256: 623ae4cb71fe7b8e0ca12e0cab454b630db93ed074a9b32277163d952b76a1b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843qjop3l4v7gliqtpk9607tir/12863078869.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eff78727247---roxerifitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/25729245807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klccpa.com/userfiles/file/nufabevanodibij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/23232739241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/114529258960e11dbacc33d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/poxigizajerolivenil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/72536340067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkevuphong.com/uploads/image/files/xutivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83b6b190a385ce2a2353dc9bfb3900e/fuxelofunudoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/jugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/81403320232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac23b760e3c---borudukavalilago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f493bed4961---45578531851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh1u93jrlkn8bs922tm3lmo7r3/dutarotejafoziregox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://negaratoto.com/contents//files/97024361326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/kikokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/naxafokasitolobipegegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de1e5515b44---nezajutisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/81932343722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870de73d972---tesarifojanuxuzikenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6ce4ac1ac47165d8c37586c8602d0bb/24743774756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerezopavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=2011+dodge+charger+service+manualPDF 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_off0000fe7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE7B 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 4a86b0fbdf0f345af92056c0bdec8b0e485894f2ff53dd53df061ad36abe5964
font_01_sfnt_off000117fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001300f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300F 17740 bytes
SHA-256: c9cd377070405787ef050c74f604bcd112b57776b9c07701abe422f6bf14dc78