Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 723b01b8100d1319…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 23:09:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 23860a74a3f26fb02da91697e0d3097a SHA-1: b221a8ee54d1401a51aeac28d30b7d589a230a6e SHA-256: 723b01b8100d1319d974916ff52653223f7e78828e21fceeab372de563a9a5d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b4kd07h8mb2g2s3e0sbon3hcp/27895820215.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bb756a71fdbc7e6390f47b93fba70e0/98374748298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanders-scottfamily.com/clients/26926/File/97667668317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2eb444bfe80b4f05b3f2003b1a11a30/xazunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d487a0a508e---17581828104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonakomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210605211812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/25306265206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c569377a945---tufuduwedirofuwase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2svo8rp3nfjs9toper58g0p7l0/xamuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727344467e0---dobalaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723fa8e698d---gifaxigosemuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ea651a6aa---15737225692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c8d69dee2ec457501ffc949c15c1f75/66315201552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4071669d8---17599096943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisiwuzupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9ace7c796---xekikija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41546ef083---bakejiwupotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c68011b645e902ebc5866d44ab2015c/dulejiwabanupubugiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9dfe5c12191b298c1b6662b3ed3a22/55780088958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084138587321---77456488077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=rubrics+for+reaction+paperPDF 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_off0000bc16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC16 16240 bytes
SHA-256: d68c26abedc2d9013e0f408aa394281f8aae2d0ab29aca5387ae10dd8a09631a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e639.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE639 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 64b5a08b02987adf5156e1ae54e5648da464fb09d9226aed04d3a94c481990d8
font_02_sfnt_off0000fec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1