Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24e7206807b9bf56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:33:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ac11fa2dc25f1e2e87b3ce3d6f5b9e3d SHA-1: be2ebf7abb6f8deb9ec9117f9fbed6c024afee65 SHA-256: 24e7206807b9bf56699aaf38497fb2fa065dc007b54c3b2b3ecb120d5ddbff17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple link farms, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, further indicates a malicious intent to distribute or host malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/82344321646.pdf
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/sizexonu.pdf
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/narezu.pdf
    • http://bamboomfi.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/2738325662.pdf
    • http://sichera.eu/userfiles/files/24268137949.pdf
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/rofagolupunotoja.pdf
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/84829036527.pdf
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/zugeludajodivefajo.pdf
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18725761524.pdf
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26667264833.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f8d1db3ed---sabar.pdf
    • http://clearspace-design.com/CKEdit/upload/files/lupivapipulepemobenogid.pdf
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents/files/kanabogazexuz.pdf
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/zaluse.pdf
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/barexepif.pdf
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38f2cd7fc78d8523a00ec6df1f0aa40f/88763553538.pdf
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/8010197715.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/36761042851.pdf
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/joniv.pdf
    • http://ottuk-e.org/userData/board/file/30877092314.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1f9deb3c72593710388cb341db2398/walogebex.pdf
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog/file/38859764546.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=500+problems+in+quantum+mechanics+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_off0000b42e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB42E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc40.bin
35b28eadd5e6eaa1b3fface9913aa208d0c23c4f964068d16fc6037b8060d28d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC40 17884 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fabc.bin
ff6e85d6dd95cd8eafdf2006ed8276d35831c40e3fd5df4ea8ecfb1b66eebfb6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABC 11432 bytes