Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d23a546d1fb66133…

MALICIOUS

PDF

292.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 18:33:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c03a20b41d79960018093f5af05094f5 SHA-1: f3b15a6f7228798dafe716a1f48e065dbe28ffc6 SHA-256: d23a546d1fb66133f37975c835b90c1d1d44e199ab451ab3cf4abcc72f9ea210
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains multiple links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK' indicates the document uses an image lure linking to an SEO redirector, likely to disguise the malicious destination and trick users into downloading a payload. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the presence of numerous suspicious URLs points to a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9714

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
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46t6llmgruve8okiou4cqrekh/tetawuxajemobop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8979c56279---75659424810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/66362699468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021631737523839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c624682a362fdbd4c3e8a99f83272c62/vifutotulunubiniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/59725437496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25c74c24144227de3990b409ab2e4535/kafaloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/92917921404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27e5cade4f---91803447763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c95cb6d979---sogekimosimegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/469e594a3e5b43321120cf491d3ae342/26953667703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huglqaeqk1ajr0128tk3kcbal6/60512239091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608633bf365f6---4201809428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43131442726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f71b6a56b9b2767fb6c60f1b8a0d69/36345347477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ib965ji80n7nl236pnek0tjpjg/27989004166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa6f89b98438e8723aa3035abf61a246/muniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc173d5af9---27411983082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9436415a7---bokarenilofunobefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/wominuzenabibuxugeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29488a08157d1417daff42eb831d78fd/nemaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/xiwusaxitavozirutigurite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cde9635385---xibizulaworavowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d15d9b3dd---vusesozuvafatebegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=imperial+wellness+tcmPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0003fcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3FCBB 28592 bytes
SHA-256: e19eb6427e635eb44e78fd04ca409d585071abc9d99e67b70dcf74cc4f6b06e0
font_01_sfnt_off0004417b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4417B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00045992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x45992 10452 bytes
SHA-256: cf5dc0f9b56b9055f324ee6e8b31aa9c02a385c58f890bac83a3d8aae7306d2d
font_03_sfnt_off00047141.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x47141 4976 bytes
SHA-256: 9ce709fdab66b18a9abcae879e157aef5519c7932dc3c4638f3272bc3691dc67