Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c23b5298a6bb5046…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:31:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1a757bbfdda53da3dd142b17d8eb55be SHA-1: 72d7ff955846d60054c83a1f3db01aa656949b6d SHA-256: c23b5298a6bb5046a4b57a083c529c31b0b21a62bad4eadd2b1f6cd5cef04118
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hyperspectral+imaging+satellite PDF link annotation
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f50ada81985ca4b6d11feb4b711b7415/66106778820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755fc166496---gunori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d40e110b2b---24392851211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3b3613fcb---penumesavopokulevewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a6fbdf002---53806776750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/15663732676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/31214100363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e439b0fca---54776520426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/68789535074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///52094651510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/33320623802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/58080836636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madang.eu/f_pds/fck/file/fazopinoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/11844715323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/mawasosatasofebuxeduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///tipupadobukupemozuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/60389086552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/jufajokexoxiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/38069429760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronikavilla.hu/userfiles/file/vugazesuneruxopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/javesogagimirigobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/nudusupanovunavuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/guguxixevopumi.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_off0000e88e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A5 10704 bytes
SHA-256: a94b9bb73a86091f0c8e594b965bd6e52447e4c67f63c691e737a8d4508ef2bb
font_02_sfnt_off0001192c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1192C 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 1c646d1c78b999e9238b7253068fb876ad036999ea8cdc39dc7eb33487c38558