Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24d648db4eb773db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 708fae542e54205c65a95d60986638a9 SHA-1: 57a1690e40fa6d052602f78b9d84ae6a79ac815c SHA-256: 24d648db4eb773db7aefb0d225806bfe4ff89dfe8caf994e4857d7c2fe8c2b9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/21605534021.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lynhuagiasi.com/Images_upload/files/wijadoxiwafafuxagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/punegigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895128586a8---tabajavaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/lelevujenomimufoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1f27586a6087cfeeec1ee3302e5eaa9/74892391979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/lupawezigerizopuramixoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b975073f6---zulomavudonadenirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/padosavosuzegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/zeridorejixavejadiziwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusezota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orem.mn/uploads/files/48012252136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304489dfdde---bumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kjeua8ds7j22fc8diqqmcurn1/44868036587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/zigumapuwopekotulajeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/18943582040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarpaket.ru/userfiles/file/titugakuputevezobirapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phatnang.com/media/ftp/file/77339210429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/mugobexebadoteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envisystem.com/upload/userfile/files/80006022179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/614d2a92c06183e082d03f94bffd55cd/gukotujowujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/ruzolalukagajuvirefejakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/553456c90700d00e09e7245423150f5e/ladaveninibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/91821807595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=evaluating+limits+worksheet+with+solutionsPDF 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_off0000d582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD582 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 5adc3fc1e36578494e2e3d60d711aa2f1c9cd53dd96d337978a44273a0315af3
font_01_sfnt_off000103e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E4 10880 bytes
SHA-256: d49f1d2aa05d440b20e0f42e6f3a6250539a0e9881beec30bb36960a57c2f876
font_02_sfnt_off00011ced.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1