Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24962c0cc2e9ac03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:10:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 77dd52b1ac6152cab080e80632272f4a SHA-1: 6768f48602e029ebf7ef9e5fe7d78519926417de SHA-256: 24962c0cc2e9ac03108e4faf5aa8441c8dcf48bbe027deb31f6a06e3faa28702
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content, while the link farm serves to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially spread the malicious files across multiple compromised hosts.

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://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e92a63e1100ab8ba0c05f8792295510f/lidoxebanofitonililope.pdf
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/78096017606.pdf
    • http://xn--szabowski-tub.pl/userfiles/file/2002309953.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q48knq2c0hmhbft6cf3fe6hknl/lulavuxanav.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4eb9f18d92ee2b0d4a2c9da79c3884c/35209869613.pdf
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/22307167428.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f85d504049---wuteve.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e9925f1f2---13184949452.pdf
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/rudodulotebipipok.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/misonawemawuxuluwikit.pdf
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d8043e64675a4e32c301ce493a94b8e/22936792118.pdf
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/55511856645.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608175242dc47---rolit.pdf
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/wubaluvafilubijavikopula.pdf
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/25852617447.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a7db025f6---6385056080.pdf
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/91377539123.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/3779821172.pdf
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd6f7005df294cc2338a602cbdd5d8a2/78548159228.pdf
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/mepodaluloromadunijo.pdf
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2fsvpi8hg5kto125pin7ea9mb/budamovosirutu.pdf
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itj402tc2h8fvfi1gapj6lbbvt/kuxuxiguvavipofadafazux.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d69f90fed2---suxotosigibewemakubol.pdf
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/pamupofalidimadug.pdf
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c3f03f31560372834d8dd52bc876b2/88745677835.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+do+acrylic+nails+for+beginners+on+yourself
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f296.bin
7d549cde81bf80de121759f8bef7c16b662d3963d922538eddabe9a473f26d17
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF296 17344 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011fdf.bin
eede9648a3d537701faaeafd6652f8537d432b3bd68d9f4b9084ddc94a2f706f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FDF 11084 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139ab.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139AB 16792 bytes