Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24f10a4c88fe6443…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:32:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 71d0172e1d376d5ff3fc71b505e771c5 SHA-1: 851798085db79b31a5ad2e12011b798604896570 SHA-256: 24f10a4c88fe644356983489d357ba85d47b3d5be7ab2d4f98f5da54747246cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a link farm designed to distribute malicious files, likely disguised as a utility. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it is used to facilitate the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

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 https://mayxaydunghoangphuc.com/userfiles/files/82458919609.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://danielfelber.ch/userfiles/file/tenozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59af85d1417d1106819daee61753aab0/fanulinejuzumosejowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4q59ggvv6tjdrqsrj1npded0a/sosesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g0lgn0pokoebvqrtu9buoa3d7/wiwepuvibevogevude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p7u5h2lvtbg4dbkm0fjcev6n5/7421901497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/dijikolupiwoposovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polletnv.be/uploads/files/5051382049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriazabalburu.org/azaba/files/file/77550323961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/837165536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cb9fedecf---boledunopuzesis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/78143668601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/711444080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah8kneqjn2qb9ohdnmajuda0n3/tuzixetomubajemaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58219603036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passionsavannah.com/clients/0/0a/0a61c075fa1d7d91f8ce2ef588f7e9ce/File/68552370062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad914aa7d093fc3aa58c3cfef46d319d/laxotadogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/files/sufiporefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/68147283118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shadesvalleymounties1969.com/clients/868959/File/rojijafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/74967857016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/mafojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d399d6f2a87---4408110348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jacsonsfurniture.com/userfiles/file/30219162983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=download+aplikasi+convert+pdf+to+word+offline+androidPDF 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_off0000c999.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC999 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1AB 17972 bytes
SHA-256: a7744a4c84d3bbaaeda5cd522ef6050b4671b5a7a1ba20b5a111ea293092806d
font_02_sfnt_off00011077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11077 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 68af64cb8aa14b940e63b86def84c6ba5ccf66a141f333a5d7941a44fc179802