Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 723b19172c63559b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 20:52:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c5baac1f3e1b4a0a9f628a89e9ae8b4e SHA-1: 8fb42db4760056077015beed12553471b3653a04 SHA-256: 723b19172c63559b2af421b6e7e9e40fa38787b1e9cd688f339d4ffe92db93ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites or prompting downloads of further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/52806328034.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkl4i73r2iagbnu8fr4t0vq886/55643102441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangphong.vn/uploads/image/files/logufetozemogadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easternresources.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipujovapolaminexafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/vodubopuludeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6343b5f78e2c8c146aa57383fdb469e9/53808913015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a8aaaa5a96---mojisulolojeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/1542482546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triple-a.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77122081220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebrium.ssnn.ro/images/81102526101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25480339335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ghdq2ad8pqfq411q6aub4h742/mefenuwasediveduxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakibuniruvaxirevur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53379321194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/38771173585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rosoruberunixalobudepuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/repafosigoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/75527253934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382a17aad46---16512333204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/mejulawoketugugugiberopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.es/d/files/zepasaverewugujijumumol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=previous+year+sat+question+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_off0000afbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7D2 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 1ec7b4d4d4eaad0050b2f11673027d61440cd315eede0e1591590d1593d3c649
font_02_sfnt_off0000e055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE055 15528 bytes
SHA-256: 8c97d512866cf14c45c32586a3983ec51c7a263cfe7c6ca543b9e903b961e40a