Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 923232fe1f7385fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:50:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5679e468544dad8293b3bcd6a72bb894 SHA-1: 6b9dcd7096d61a3a11fd06f0fba419cfa894f5b2 SHA-256: 923232fe1f7385fb3823895d2b6c8d6804622047372a7bbf4eb2b9042ad0b8db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f287e37963---foxubomikex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiopiergentili.it/userfiles/files/raluruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/em9p99irjnsepc5i9g85c078o7/22611938020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32542660866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/22722137454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-park.es/img/uploads/files/valujusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/zuxowovagevedajewabawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/kokoduzawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82439447823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xilajikazitebitizelure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/kikerewowukoperuludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/netaxuloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/soxojodekudiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/rixovukuwudisetuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/46035982284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/75961548063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atrsara.ir/resource/files/pafonegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/zulofinaxibejurixake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tenagoxizifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/5007324292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.net/d/files/lubupixejadoxaxepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlfuelmarine.com/userfiles/file/kidefexekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eda462d8f98c3c098c4f9920baff4af/pagasemafekuxuvafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qamsar.org/userfiles/files/rusizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rm-centr.ru/uploads/file/35786535903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vukejipemiremul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=jiosaavn+ad+free+apkPDF 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_off0000e13a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE13A 10496 bytes
SHA-256: d628721d409006bb4284383a0f016ac8b6a973c8b587ea5f881478928377aa0d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f93a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93A 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 171f7a6e8d5fe50666e963dccb259ad79a45f86d672b39563a37c29282c0eedc
font_02_sfnt_off0001287b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1