Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a24889c3975c951…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-06-20 22:12:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 598362061425fd511e9f4d21ae0e2a40 SHA-1: c47d2c94585566597f9804694a448008fd78caa1 SHA-256: 7a24889c3975c951670a2475aee098a8c6c51258b07376dffe3e711cb4c6a80d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, directing users to download files disguised as Windows 10 Pro. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to distribute further malware or lead users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windows+10+pro+x86 PDF link annotation
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653c4df538310c793f0fd6eae62feede/xewomijasotitirekiwegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/luguvasitorunipuwakur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jotfp3tlfg1vk41rjqlg7fdhq2/65419006191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bd7b96d7a---nozuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d558c29289da98b228ac13fd417f9f/loxave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/17586290645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4658c4230c---fobufebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f0f62bb6f---zodaragawediperesuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cffc767090499dd52d36617c2e20e6fa/49420723392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/bowoxipefojobepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/gakibapupigub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abb5d558c25674b86a90abbc68272973/30868509260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/evhvt57rkc2jdrvcp14hmb86v4/ririposapexarokuniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b880becae---dunutivefumaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fa5f19760---22755590302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grbtami9pr38bbhfjj26sel696/69153167986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a219a974aa---vofukudewumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F4 5428 bytes
SHA-256: 8fd946065e265569fdb93002b441ad54db9703be0c70916614106e71938c0c72
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB96 2988 bytes
SHA-256: f6d67d31cf6f35e94e7d2f05ac7fa8ce20eb48d6064e91133522e7f224abc9d0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF812 24248 bytes
SHA-256: 90bed8c9ad57e6e1683c60a6c7854cca7153b5de69901d0921e157698fcf139b
font_03_sfnt_off00012c84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C84 16204 bytes
SHA-256: a95eff378c135b1ab40d10b3cd1da1bafbc07f86005f57898d079c90d712ddbd