Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c23cde30dc8efda7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:47:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b7bddb14f3bcc54de42374fbaa2faa1b SHA-1: 18ce3196ff64fa2000870a69f85aa063b8a0031d SHA-256: c23cde30dc8efda759ffdcd61e3f76ccb820e3876f9321604541a6d17ffd023b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common phishing or downloader lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=xbox+emulator+for+pc+free+download
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/37958041563.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5cca475b9d---xufefivunufexorafejedib.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4e6a96ac35980b4ef239604dce32f1/lorukedulupiguwaxifuxat.pdf
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukin.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/182spvcps3vt4hf1lsahsm51h5/tidizokugafewu.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c63b5392a5---dozeteminibukejokuloniji.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-11/20210511121613100796.pdf
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/5151014561.pdf
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/72680009823.pdf
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/32287649449.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aebd56b010c---potejexovogozipuj.pdf
    • http://wongkungfu.ca/clients/f/f5/f5c316b966f29b3192b3e9e3c5714b3c/File/14408045921.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609face9a5932---97679390270.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8cea829fe---90162459740.pdf
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m96jpip6fnopt12vp8ed045mm2/degunalepatapigenojelog.pdf
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5qe4evmds7gjvkhdgvdvle72t/34239706407.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfa85b2121b---68491723678.pdf
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210518063702.pdf
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0506d591f3076282d1cc29e0f303762/13958607381.pdf
    • http://starke.ca/clients/84205/File/jivibikugijated.pdf
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083affd34491---90326684647.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12447c18ca47684015cb87917f448b5b/94610588212.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b3c54b8ae---23050689589.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e976.bin
6f6258d222ef1dea0257a997c3bc51da7cee82db29541b9868f1bb9b1875556a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE976 10956 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102b3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac5.bin
36a4a0a57eb30bd9ded4d076a1f0f0785e88da0911582304f3f73de43b793473
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC5 17216 bytes