Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c23c2b5363c039ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 23:20:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ea4a08d3799b4502905f9d1fa674d132 SHA-1: 8916251c42ce435646b7614882e58ca98f271516 SHA-256: c23c2b5363c039ceb7e3518555adbaf4f94ba6e030c11a2b08173b29e397f37d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a link farm or redirection strategy. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely provides a password to decrypt a subsequent payload, a common tactic to evade gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75693442685.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/81937827161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732e225b7a7---nuzinigasewalapulomebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8943248213---34460218007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spacio.hk/attachment/file/87956552445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bb8a265e08e5e1b2fa4e5b14de2e7c/99976556885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/kubize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41c408f269---notagexubusexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents//files/39072874222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senn1962reunion.com/clients/2/2f/2fc2c703930c5c120d54ce0350dd22c7/File/vurelukudamelegoretufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simmsfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/98/98d47f1658d09d39d77ba56043454c9c/File/zetetujapirotokujeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/babumemulotabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/vozejesuramemabakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1609c71be6c693---wunimowupojiderugobidema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a695e12aed8---zozozolufabeparekitizowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f73885e26---31182976934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ac2d95059bb1840ec7aae1beb45b178/24173421344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/9935872541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c929405ea---99120351353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3af0764eb---kixizukaretufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+halo+4+para+pc+gratis+en+espa%C3%B1ol+completo+windows+8PDF 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_off0000ed58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED58 18436 bytes
SHA-256: ded76d68d9f8ade0bc9a5cdd09479828273b4d3d569937fd63324e51e5d4e763
font_01_sfnt_off00011cd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E8 11540 bytes
SHA-256: f74ad66c25efdc5b1970b90fa9c1b6ce62c24c2efb1749c1368011fae791ae9d