Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69b24ead44cbff36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-25 03:57:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: ff1fe10b150ca7ac5fbf6fd9b0b2db30 SHA-1: 3d25e5d64d7d202289eb67769bb0325ce316ce6b SHA-256: 69b24ead44cbff36e0154079703fe61d228bf392e17e395d097d4102ed1cd33f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It hosts numerous links to external PDFs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate further exploitation or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7alpkt28lsomvog97affpc4frk/36608266400.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104e458becc8---37182156732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/89779195409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0p2vkje61j7m5sv5e1s3kv37v6/jifidirusaxebumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/wivowakazikesoferubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2e0c7b7a8---vimonavonunif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbcc22e3499e1691091f351eacf85a9b/witap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/8839170833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/gabidejinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-treid.com/userfiles/files/bukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/vuwowiwakarudulodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077fcbe00a3a---66954083016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071702bd6e1b---peravobuwawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medarbindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepajipepawinipokegojupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b12b33b499081194a63c9ed07fee313/94414887892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/xivojutajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b2692baa50---lidamesakupijikubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jambumanis.com/contents//files/nexofizonetagix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e528911fdc38e01647e794f59dc0c055/42515898261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728265e2878---41181975468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitneyclan.com/clients/c/c7/c7afcfad87c307b096642b2e35f52d25/File/42908180239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djp9n3akhq1r19jf00dol6869k/49435447771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9543cc97a9---44954372594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c6e624cb2---47750395650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9ffca307d---42788214164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=resignation+letter+for+personal+reasons+with+one+month+noticePDF 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_off0000ea7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7C 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 1bee61c89290856f08d0f55aa7b0d86262de851a8129e529c4e4341b8defea49
font_01_sfnt_off000115cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012de3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE3 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 97294aca7db825c1988e8d5e7aa6acffa1a2b7d133170b943a702564e4731b6a