Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a23ef9cf9b248695…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:28:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5e5adae345cffa687bb08670a53524b6 SHA-1: 87d1b0ed15c2af5ed3f8f77851fc12c3aa7a9a4d SHA-256: a23ef9cf9b248695b99a364aa718ebf83e0acee3e59190822f456db89d661f09
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The presence of numerous external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest this document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=word+connect+level+381 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac7ebd0046---moduvokizufakeravis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b121356e4---nipugimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/vipezegomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/momunezesugifuwesavukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/65689001913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/vixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/2021528205446542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/xovisizegebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7901bae4f3940765187aa3eb297271/25713251772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/kokeletadosubufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74cmr43ndo56bf65bc6nm0ug30/timepipavezafugokebuluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6747824b71c20e0c768fd4504588e7/83580208101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c6e85eda7e4dc30a7553e50f5f9b0f3/92827992490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkkck.com/uploadfile/file/20210627225626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/75178077117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btt8se0ljmt1vlgr7bmj3spl1g/34638594975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/tibotodupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/93858373825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2qim7fr0dorhrq7n56mt0eoon/vorakokijulivudunulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ninfesnihbu7egaldq4jru2ma/nuninajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infiniteprospects.com/FCKeditor/file/vavegudijutozonefizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missinternationalbeauty.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/51387744007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ecd1675fd---supakotujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ff9675f43---81725352643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6jf5p5gr1djkisfc114ald3b6/96786907329.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_off0000d95f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD95F 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 89fff21f1dae023088751f0ef5dc68bfe07c86dea73de0c9543e01962ccba783
font_01_sfnt_off00010762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10762 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 1f59dbad571444f13a89f30b790ade358da6663e3b861e9b7bf54ba254b99927
font_02_sfnt_off00011f4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1