Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a23be1b527e629d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 14:14:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8737f71ea0f12b086daffc51d6264218 SHA-1: b1051fc1316c716ac9c7e9764b0aed190d7cf73b SHA-256: a23be1b527e629d5bdad21ac320e2d7301d986dcdca422da0eb451ac1165581b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely used to distribute phishing content or further malware payloads to unsuspecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=7+c%27s+of+effective+business+communication PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607790e0bf0e3---6395380360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-29/20210629091233989596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789c55e3e1c---kadejijomusugirolumugez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fouov8203giob9d4usuh8aqsi/44913405403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1609c71be6c693---wunimowupojiderugobidema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f434289ce---zetuzefepomaxiresinomamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/078e4dd3e69259c9b62925c160177184/vuwilivevomogibogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/vifobodepoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa907bc929---52854492143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927a446bbc0---98993828790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17980ac7c424ac87626bb3c22d48d5ca/46947172309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hghs61.com/clients/9/98/9814c5f28b4e93efd1f74733a9fd6b0f/File/51490193403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/nadulawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/54931426422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/569aec223b37f5b6f6e6dfa41fe7e938/redowosamuvorizujifinirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/59239446349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s71a36uh4o9ptfqolp91achcv6/biregedunoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/45261497423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b0333b23e---64406070087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandercdg.com/clients/36029/File/14422915042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/26112836277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e426948c32d03ee04cf821fa9e1ccc/tegomalolivumawasened.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rp7bmeoskvbu5ljovvh2phpt5/8569021415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2f8399705---38331867358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8b7a077f---90104923838.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_off0000eaa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B8 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 55b83be1742119c7d1aaa2ed28f7fc51aad4f8e2f5d2858f0466f07ac39363d5
font_02_sfnt_off00011b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B39 16532 bytes
SHA-256: 2b6a3bf4058848699b74c8fb292f9dfa939c99f339cfe01aebce2239f70d09b9