Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 923b3befb6c60b11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:00:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 96eac00d69c480a627e2cbb8f8c57522 SHA-1: 93c1136332dd1cbe3be4f201683b1bc18ce1524d SHA-256: 923b3befb6c60b11889e5f5ac96782c46aa58a3d573d5f0baa57a2d0854d6c45
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS installations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to external malicious content, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

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 http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7659e5f9c---fosejuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05e44af01e289863fb0cc6fe6193af6e/67035616873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/jamulalevoguwepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66435637082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100fd4115f68---20066348881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-francuskiego.pl/userfiles/file/pigezapefavaberuvelonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a8354fe99---75941525096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0de898f61.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.depomatrial.com/file/mixix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/wumukulago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/61370873888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b752dec4d4d5226d1edb8a3bbf7772a/44683053583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/gibilakitusovixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/2288121102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevtsov-art.com/uploads/files/28114885133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/380cb1aa04eb5babb5935b522ec8417d/87528116535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfae23e8bc2---72991800368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g0od2tm63ev2scsrdfi845gcrgh09j5/2593590745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/71542589887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/nuvudakovebibosenuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d23f482d41---ragutoweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a9ad65031---23236138420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/79149503432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85417840659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/korelelolavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58accd7e41d645aefcdfb8c07edaa35c/jikolaxategi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafumowazeserigajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=importancia+de+la+cultura+organizacional+segun+autores+pdfPDF 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_off0000fbaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAA 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 359988d66e62eb5d5861185948febd400a115e701d61b366f09c6037fa185b3e
font_01_sfnt_off0001153b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1153B 19712 bytes
SHA-256: a11999807f6b51a829c580b55e169d2f9108db294df4a55c39d14353f118eaf2
font_02_sfnt_off0001472c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1472C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1