Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 124a364e225ad8f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:04:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f376c80db301d8e9e80493a8095337a0 SHA-1: 9f163002ed06280126123c0a67ef35f0275e51cf SHA-256: 124a364e225ad8f34a2e381ffecd66b3b9dd7c5ee74772155d08ec537b2cf13b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic firings indicate it functions as a link farm, likely designed to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • 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://altstudio.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/xotugawatojagomibepe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109051421006291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huabulaw.com/uploadpic/2021-9/file/2021091603502773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109020707551985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pewokogukemini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407a2513ff6---66573915344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonyprins.nl/images/uploads/file/49475431905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/nireja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/27814917763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021090505152673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382f9560d15---42282477840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58069178503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/31133741373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/ribipopurisupufenajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210904101543_r7sgxp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23974600407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/fufumubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c92e877df---badatufegusivezevidejete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loadcell.vn/Images_upload/files/gataxobuzijebimidubapoduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pass38.com/images/contentimages/files/80820522365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68e54267d344930baec4fe13e56e4e63/13890643513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/forix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/kurepagumikogixakizajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=watch+guardians+of+the+galaxy+online+free+123moviesPDF 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_off0000dd32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD32 11640 bytes
SHA-256: a01f2f5a2204189395789ac0939c9fe5b1ddeea90992d9acdc2a5402d1be4cf2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CE 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 4d0447a19515f08c753d6dcf60a3aafc09014ef42a65a372f0630362d2d70699