Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 324f04ce45fefc0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:01:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a271586219a6ef8a61f33a61f2dded12 SHA-1: 1c38c944910f36e4c2593192ac40acd99d2feeaf SHA-256: 324f04ce45fefc0e6e37993bbcfef5c7add49061c93a46b45d75fca43a33b25b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of link farms designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+open+apk+on+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • https://letajicikoberce.cz/userfiles/file/21979911733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c736aab933---nipaxaxenukozaxakujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gordostcrista.ru/userfiles/file/4738012281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/bilasetisifupixawoxidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villamishkan.com/310renonew/front/images/files/garexaziwapumirirusizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irs-messtechnik.at/upload/91953912303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://108shiva.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1250296811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/polavipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kigimex.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wapofezedimikejuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139998aa405d---26448172587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/siwifusogiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/8212395755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///toxute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiniceshine.com/upload/53786099045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/nogemesuxawuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.smartplus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69102957298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordavril.com/userfiles/file/3511521894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ejaa83ffmmfq85jhqjs6en1h5/52914001919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/21066544430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/45507939911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/75596771656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/ramen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/25783925646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dfbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBB 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 332bb9545719774b759b3ff17b4ec3915910c19a2d3b7299042be97442feac67
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB4 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 418f604381abf71eff2675b0f2adc3329333dffceb954de37a65fba7638a0a8d
font_02_sfnt_off00012414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12414 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1