Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1824d283ca53cb2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3eec1702870710fe824faf004e4f4feb SHA-1: 4f51822a7ec5cd60f3afda0f922f1123b664cebb SHA-256: 1824d283ca53cb2ae73058fca0d02fcdfc81b498a98409508cc288239d8f7fae
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, some pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kabadadaari+full+movie+tamil PDF link annotation
    • http://lawyergz.net/uploadfile/files/fifubidalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/nepevumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fereshtegan.net/basefile/fereshtegannet/files/37790547555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/dejawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtl.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/bitonapira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/43696977024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///2021091321749_852597287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glozor.com/userfiles/file/palefomatonovosazafuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://96662888.com/editor_upload/file/xupaxosologetunozazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9b8586a92---tagarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/wasotojaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/bidokibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/40710515333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e5a0e6862---nudasukafenaladisisulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/dodofusutafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tko.wavedev.net/img/files/files/sonelewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52863026012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/40886083711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b802285983---megavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/92940004841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/bumidovodobesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejafigapekoxodefop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48170362080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/zojotodoxuxowuxixona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45c0b78e3a25a188f35e22bde2d5141b/56230877618.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_off0000b5b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5B8 15768 bytes
SHA-256: 00ea616fcfbcedd2c772346e3c59d14ebdba54681af02c2540001f2345102b88
font_01_sfnt_off0000de97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AE 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 41300fab6c09502a8bf09b66fb02229f222d23e25266fd095d6bcc7aebb17d2f