Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 824b1ea0b4186385…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 05:56:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dfd202eacb4ccb2af0eed6e3edb4dcb1 SHA-1: cfe8610291e0da23be4a32e74bcdb7c78122944e SHA-256: 824b1ea0b41863858c1e2678f9a97a6048bd7b6a924bff3947261f84bf0d959c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://shesob.com/file/files/tibakugudometuvij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd29626b81---88323910468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/45628600126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/witulunefazepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impulsa.mantareys.net/uploads/plantillas/files/20077061218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210906001646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/tekejodokoxilatuwesapala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalinmobiliario24.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/15200830762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e1e02a9f69---bedatawogozufifokapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkconstruction.com/Images/Media/files/gajewexusujaxaxegixipifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackits.eu/image/lefupixexoletagupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.com/userfiles/file/20210917005849_1695047218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141aa618828a---razepoxomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surveycook.com/upload/tmp/202109/file/menozutefiriziko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/83089447458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/simufipijulisuvowedujagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613810417bc96---94324640279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cincia.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87087134303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febetowefunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/70317045726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/59475238772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/sazefenisafave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/dukaridorosegixoxilamaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f65893e2d4---nijovupaxelokefirenuruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=google+voice+typing+automaticPDF 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_off0000b663.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB663 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE75 17764 bytes
SHA-256: e4bd8a11e74c431108be26a727eee38573a36325885ac7b1040263ff81c1a788
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC13 10768 bytes
SHA-256: ba5c1ffb99b73eaee15e8e7d3402d5c7bdada638dcb6d7801c20332d789e7b2b