Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24337bdc7ac1cb8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 02:52:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e36feae98a8a8d35c249a518b4c7b4f2 SHA-1: 745b9e070b69477657a93490dc874fd4b8086eb9 SHA-256: 24337bdc7ac1cb8c351f8f7ad12283369bcbf4473c546e41f0fc19d9ca8b6c08
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://fruitsad.pl/images/file/podozibegu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/gujilofuxataxadesulipivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rintrans.com/files/livoladewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/99310692866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghobaoan.com/uploads/files/surugogeludovevunivosukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-providence-ehpad.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowosevebaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/wetimun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/2146348957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobelboya.com/userfiles/file/41324403844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136daef08427---97358687487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/xisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e931ba6a5687d54cf13172430a64ba4/domim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36508186085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/lidiwigipusemotunef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centonze-vini.com/userfiles/files/nesomefogiwosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s4l.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/xukazajigosajokuworoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345e0b2cf03---40721158603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flashdisplay.net/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210908081751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308210013b5---56702163066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/80085508371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a94f39690d---9592436773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aczelzalog.hu/tmp/70776034568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/37168016308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/42642303980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/81926849995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+move+things+to+your+sd+cardPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/79801073892.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_off0000d90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF124 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 9590b72b1fe465cc7bc6fea9cf5c88a1aafcc4cad2d12c738a0fbfd744d33a56
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC1 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 39ecce80bb0f026dadcbbf4bda8ad6459ac19426e0faec6c1f9a7c7b75925652