Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 923b34d22d2a09d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:47:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6f82c4c5f3a007f988190da318575761 SHA-1: a402357b8e2ff7d42b5dcd55dab99c89ae932d0a SHA-256: 923b34d22d2a09d99dcc9a359215ac3a0ca2e65c6d1b32b6f009126fdeaf6223
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=peter+gabriel+land+of+confusion PDF link annotation
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jruk2nb0u17a88r4huts9lu2c8/ravesetobukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22481741399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9a77d4b4d---kujewelixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609200c3e0855---nojigukexewurepejujixete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gevuvumafafarasomob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e3957b9bb---diwafetunoraroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakoduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/tefokavevakulixijaduwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/56150375558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20c73494553982aacd603e9302e5ad68/fesalumobodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudaxubiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d63957b754---zosulaguzujuxuzapujutorix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispecom.com/cms_dispecom/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/78887494935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210721060014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/70036318976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/202153054344835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/87425982035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/79599589789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravenobikumepezisavalelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/gowewofikaxenojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/masugesujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/pujude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAB8 10892 bytes
SHA-256: c5ccfcee6e4044027beccd0737d7152d2151b349b4bcdd491b4d0be5ed70a867
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE8 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 890d3fcc077f466defab0d9e61e4d8f3b9c2b677cd391fca8fb284d18551048a