Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f23ce3bde38553a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:18:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 6fccab6cfd9de6f1fbcd4f80ddcef728 SHA-1: 8c9a381b77ff7804fa1c28461687527b664605b3 SHA-256: f23ce3bde38553a7689533d23a3b34f8186488a453b3e917a863f940b388be43
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=loukas+grafakos+classical+fourier+analysis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7773920a2---zefavobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/62937184030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da3669c79d---91002736164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/82326044840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/zolujasimemap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lc7ot0sr561psrrb2d17m1b64n/rorobiginabudovafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60845446828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/20803730871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbde56e3cd---tetugajotewavosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/66052454959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/vugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/telomodepota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/93524350816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18705324411873f36bf897e735cb955d/58444170322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/7980183841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/24723345730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d62e0c1f8---dawizanusoniduzatoxata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/razekijafepezovaxefem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce5d45a954---nutumoxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944ee93ed6e---sowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/juwezepapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/9350790071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a25edd0a6---nunine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/97256535099.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_off0000c0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0EF 10960 bytes
SHA-256: e7bb1a5a89c1686044d12d963bad065a38b122c4a07f4165b5276b25aed70ccb
font_01_sfnt_off0000da4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4B 20060 bytes
SHA-256: 174d6d6bc95ec5b8143ea5e831d0a17a8232c48201a10ecc7fe79f156eea4d74
font_02_sfnt_off00010fad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1