Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 824569bcf28f0a15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:03:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 97fef206d8a39030b153d2802e02e5ab SHA-1: d95d2989c0a318ae2058ebd749546ff873933cab SHA-256: 824569bcf28f0a15427a29baeed6bb37c07c555abb46c30d1a4a6de51a143e5e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing campaign, leveraging numerous embedded links to potentially malicious domains. The presence of links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, combined with the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=immigration+and+asylum+act+1999 PDF link annotation
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/mebazoleraxavefuvodezejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e56618fc3---rajurerokalejeziwewabozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b73ae7854---nukugusukojimab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/zuxagamabalukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukienmiennam.com/userupload/files/7978533324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ilsabqul09h6avm738mr2vlff7/8095384086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/gilapujiwonedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/76756461961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/4723142738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palestraarkadia.it/userfiles/files/24742217197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlastudenta.org/Upload/file/62970142990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd16abe49311bc841c86ea435ced2eef/dofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/sonadobejezuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab033be33b---sawesar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jwnorthclassof70reunion.com/clients/c/c6/c6167e942b76adab5863fbee8ae727a7/File/nexorevufofokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/96874151051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/xogedizeloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/778381591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7de2026df4400d6cc49568df3129f6a/99776610895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e42fb1319---garobaxezusamafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd96ae0756b45cd99b3ff33f61c7abc4/vozasajozegaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/93991213402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3587de58ab8584b6703e156ecc705090/78690918269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/27261421091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/wanekomerapodigizisivek.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_off000129a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A6 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 0802f536301f32e0a1ec38b165f4f9e545a27d89f086e0ee837ab3ef9ea649e7
font_01_sfnt_off000142f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015b07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B07 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 04dcbb27d0c405b2018ce98d6d5f239c0600b156ffd599a7c374d62d35edd08c