Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f23faba4914ecb42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:16:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 37c179f24e33827401452492428be488 SHA-1: 4b469449dbc5eb1b8b95196c918576ed2d16bd52 SHA-256: f23faba4914ecb42d7c3c9a3bee05ce0c552e949ba1ea1b68a4444efdc4ad92b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=drugs+following+zero+order+kinetics PDF link annotation
    • http://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xadajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/pitoloroguxutevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/40919451809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maharajganjtimes.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/modemivomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schachverein-marchhoefe.ch/fcsr/news/upload/file/rerowigowafadutewobufaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scout-educationguide.com/userfiles/file/jajagimudepitetaxowigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakasasi.id/userfiles/file/67055621546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millersexpress.com/userfiles/file/87469165514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/wazawuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130032105c8d---44807230013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovu06crj4ojed7jtefnd3dknq1/wujapubejamifajapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dautuck.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sajizekidexuguboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-ssuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepelizuxozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnwebdesign.dk/userfiles/file/8114036442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/begafidosawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabini.it/userfiles/files/3310464313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crmsaas.dswip.com/ci/userfiles/files/17181136784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coaching-jk-academic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/57248173513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeamailer.zeapost.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/29265958652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d61167bb80---gikukapeduxapebuvinaposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/mexosijupudatozubizitinef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3758410040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/senulaporelexagiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hargagila.com/uploads/image/files/96470163610.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_off0000d68d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9F 19380 bytes
SHA-256: aa80ce949592cfd2f4ed385659b46d2896af9fcd586eab87f19c2011b3136c51
font_02_sfnt_off00012127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12127 10828 bytes
SHA-256: f9b42be2f10abff34a574156b43911c45cd5dbd22663fbeaf3a2b25f0ec4bc22