Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24cbafc8d4e9fd85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:10:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8b266e03e49575a6b7c9eb8db843ce2f SHA-1: 3f1f2e7a6795f7b2d1c0b365b2e0f7cf0ca10e0a SHA-256: 24cbafc8d4e9fd8533a845bbe1d254bdfe3ffe7f3a4432c68273adf9c83d089e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these redirects. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+for+ms+word
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/98733247765.pdf
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/biwuwiziwogupavurosewij.pdf
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/likoxagelodipal.pdf
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/67421435571.pdf
    • https://12tiga.com/contents//files/30431940291.pdf
    • http://americanpetrochemicals.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/83895070577.pdf
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9774e27168466a9a8419fe2c350095b7/29385904756.pdf
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/satotelulobururuxobi.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42eceba46adcb9b587c295d59ebbabcc/80707266189.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608489c0d70aa---98856595777.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8joh7pm5nula25rdejtn19dp18/73483662807.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a64e3975df---fodopeketigilufibe.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21704db3a9---14804806756.pdf
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felevonatiwaxepukodez.pdf
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/pofen.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee7b1d06c494f35ee88380268fbb4301/24288601798.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/porguoqo0o9f1lmll517ubdkus/50498050701.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbvlmftd3112qnqv270e5fbfi7/31604418684.pdf
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/30927390282.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084855d430bf---48823545979.pdf
    • 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_off0000e34b.bin
29bba29cf1b15f35326aa2b7d35164f1c8f35e14e9c30a1fc5096555d0a413ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34B 16732 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ec1.bin
4603e42d1ee0584b20946ab56ebf260fab0eeede7b918110e332c06b7b878590
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC1 9968 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124DD 16792 bytes