Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 873ce23a1fc31bef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:13:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 836fc4da23a57f741b0e00bfaa36d756 SHA-1: c13026d2df49527d6e44706bf4c79ebd9698dcf0 SHA-256: 873ce23a1fc31bef39f27d4e420cd91121af2210c5e2d5f57750d1c0fbe231e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious content. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggests the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=enable+others+to+act+leadership+challenge
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/mevid.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqini2mt5ua3rs0s104fsntqn6/29964755091.pdf
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdd2447334---47729218432.pdf
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d70c5ddc6---26554554039.pdf
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/87788961790.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71oqcp7fn1je7ltjhetiaa8u2a/jejes.pdf
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/56055444982.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd5799bf85---fajetiworabowasifazolu.pdf
    • http://buildinggodskingdom.com/webcms/file/mugikigifuxulu.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862567c3d98---jesumufeniwipekakobif.pdf
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/deselikaf.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961e7d6db0c---89843597144.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce15730fa3---vitinoga.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f80c292f2edc172a22f64a1119da75f/38525502783.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5s3ha1hoc4ob1lgomkmb4pgh3/fomovoberafadojixaka.pdf
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/73151962829.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609843c6987f3---64088041617.pdf
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb37c384592040eeb9f35ebe1506f058/19965015661.pdf
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b2159fccdaf36afb299aa45cac1be11/85188707583.pdf
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo714lmqpgs972se4a906jmpuu/34586509192.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c4721662d---19405171783.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e760a28ce0---biguniramepaxozaxagu.pdf
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3m7cibi9hlbdpqr0lqgj74s2l7/zulajejekej.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b426e1574a7---lofebiz.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/46993873985.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751676dd7b2---wixumopofixasetowija.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f067.bin
6f1ebc5ab90b4f21d91d6338ba0e5cd5d1b9fa061d8a6db7c7e67f12531a36ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF067 10916 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001092a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1092A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001213c.bin
d9d579aac4df29c5e0c2ac6f3568b42f3f4b2914a70b93d23d6cb8fe783e34ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213C 17040 bytes