Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a24e24b2311ff21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:20:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 20a2ed8bad433285b8d8b3e9722bcc0a SHA-1: b4dd56208b238cddd8df4aa1c36ce9096bfc27c2 SHA-256: 1a24e24b2311ff21f249a3ecc908e7b12254dc5f1fe2c71ea3aeb55d0e066978
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The primary goal appears to be directing users to download further malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/letilezi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f036492e6---11480235214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e034027c9aa---rotaluzovelenunisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/60343216198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b70550639---87250795619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o7ba6s01druj98q306gj9l5f84/pobawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3becb98c771973722ccda2a7bdf6536a/14380045176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faa1c44f8c51016c6cbd919e6e7b7207/69834175369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongthuyphatloc.com/luutru/files/jegexufezanedozewumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/zapatefemiwigukoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82psjufi81oti6qs3rg6bmptk4/13640309309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb9e0f869cb9eafeb4a95fb74f6c275/deberorizanoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8ce58c73578aabf134cff3eb27da54f/3102964771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756d12035ab---dufiwusisogokotekilewexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e946771a3af---15662309155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/37419657241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/92534708183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d43b3808e61a1bf4f00ff389676a7fdf/19618888454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widukomawuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://johanbjerke.se/userfiles/file/dizojixageromowor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vdskqk8kt0h4jncq3v2kgotgd/62533254396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulada.by/upload/editor/files/mofidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/62352400986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wotevikudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbg1ddpkdc.xn--j1amh/uploads/files/83210332065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+tribology+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_off0000c440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC440 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 9bb7efedfe093deaae93f0b3a92a591adbebdb6e41ee156e3569de36f3c81209
font_01_sfnt_off0000f343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF343 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5A 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 4085ee0cab75a10afa3926eaf34302d301a8550a21e227e0ff63fcbd7bfc8668