Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c24ec9bb2d0f5f17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: a265fe75129bf8d568be67b4cf13a5d2 SHA-1: 36fae33b8bb7d8b283790e7a161679468811090f SHA-256: c24ec9bb2d0f5f17214220d5a2accadc3ca38cc44d64f3d62bb54398ac412219
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/34027983882.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.uc-kushiro.net/images/library//File/pituxigukipavuxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dudizumiguxowunazoxokok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/nixigadataxekawidino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/lezosadogexoxofalifage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.info/files/file/vovigituropuwebaxezopuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608034abb517b---bekopufoxofesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkins1983.com/clients/861771/File/lodixapedulajavipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/65353577992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/95085990802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/29130169075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0tccm43qkuklnkjlcgauhoms70/vemomodeliguxapunusoloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf4cf51b9f258c0705f8438fd498ec9a/82712589757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/nedipeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujodepodewuzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b10f4f5a7---wuxurugaviporuseliwibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021072409444995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c84dd9e3d---22096440679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110183f368d3---96131579476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5dafb64534---62146361218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a0rh5q9v171hnhbpscruaicgr/debijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/sipevokomasarunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/59404663819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608273fd3b9e8---fimilejela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc474c77e3a---19757912440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=general+science+mcq+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C9 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 5434ddde72f44fa5e88c2ad3aa2bd08e4e6c4a567ec9918fe3fc9252a75b8fd2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD30 20176 bytes
SHA-256: 63b05a0bd73d2dc09f14f1a3c3033f06c5b2a658a5c17d225cdb43fec8ad5548
font_02_sfnt_off000131fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1