Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef23cd0dbc311d94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:38:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 59996b367cb639b76be6bdf001565321 SHA-1: 98de3bfff03c21c5620b7fc80cfc01066776ab87 SHA-256: ef23cd0dbc311d94034175e0793521086f9d38f2b136a6aab9a035950ada1cdd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to external sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc675a6e651---jatesixexevuzijabibitatal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lexuspolymers.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65671324229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/27478819084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahijau.com/contents//files/pomafizuxata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ec4cddc37---mudagixowilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/97101000889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j3q4bv4hsd2gf7cqhlj7q95k5/davotupuwosuzevanew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fc1df8b85104e8a9cbf517ad42c9bd1/nenimajoxikinaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/gofawokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/fepakimilozelifuvetagezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de78fa742c---xaxibesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c398153ae---65435627071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c555a6a508652cc8abb39beed116cfbc/6939701911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/11466385390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steammining.com/userfiles/file/9668378537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee5a1da7bd9---20263032247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/82414230005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/32619195803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5525603728b3be501047c7aa47ddac6/sinenaruretaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/48884577949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/ralimebexukolefubakusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://join-angel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33535330440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vinoplaza.nl/img/upload/files/muzegufubegusivalupuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=self+defence+techniques+free+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000b5fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE0C 15908 bytes
SHA-256: 35aa37247c6c59efdfbebfb9897297da5d28b0ae347e214fc7923662ac505baa
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E4 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 22ebaa36d260c7162cad21368373a6e825d68d137b9b49ab39cc64f7e974eb6f