Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 241d14bb13fe1342…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:00:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0e55c0b1db384a55b61e1fd6c357517c SHA-1: f4b521a44e82491ea671df70a1a05e0b46c424fc SHA-256: 241d14bb13fe1342e7c06c7daeff24673caad05641ca7a50954b2812703831ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, strongly suggests this PDF is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The JavaScript likely facilitates the download or redirection to a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+s4+duos+gt+i9502+32gb PDF link annotation
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd523e7ab7e9c24f32d5bac00e12a2d8/bewibawasedonisumekona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/20479388228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71590230751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79578877417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/lagulilanatilejunatoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/fezawuwubuwujibujuwujogoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-auge-dascier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixexezidakifafolumefula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/devigupaduzapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/88692222256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37880121251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/erb2ioir38p1tt0ma9tjn9klql/38894916433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avon-bratislava.com/files/files/wevada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/zitanoligomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210902042022_dbtccf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138bae1f3dc5---sefunukepatelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/43218653929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/83095320920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1000projects.ru/upload_picture/file/72796114661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/zevawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno.vrgorac.hr/files/31568057791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/xorevuzosetuwuposod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59633403657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optical-axis.com/uploads/files/202109100743579979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/jevitulobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109011803121228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/16060473105.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_off0000e3ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AD 11684 bytes
SHA-256: c43abd72b0e500fff4ca4f8084796df2893952ac2e9c3b9e64f5d738ed62bc32
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF62 17728 bytes
SHA-256: d40f65395300ef9c3276e67ddf0ceb03623c772498fc5942f412ac3a181511aa
font_02_sfnt_off00012d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1