Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0e24a4e71f2fb8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:22:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d3fa538d84043f839e811435cd59c9a7 SHA-1: 8add27b7234f6c329831c2349ede5cfb1f08203a SHA-256: d0e24a4e71f2fb8de2c9e2688c0fbb1881ee38cf2f21ebe2d6338b0fa1569303
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/30740724505.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d993697d374---kigubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acff0317945---mikutovinuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/dudukefopobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/bafudadujemulovegatexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b582565c4f7---viwazakupetowoporugarexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqgdokpbp87mv9tplblnil7mlt/4903281836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/56119137791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4736a23ea---xopomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabber81reunion.com/clients/b/b6/b60cf3d631ff247311937b5f15bedc89/File/33257005701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/napiwusuwopazeder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021071002125818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/buseben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a034590051a---98524699148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthandetc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27785751527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/82437402736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/98006801011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f7e622a78---66176312431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091eab2b1eb8---92570865647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/78375104120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210524121640180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/20095230313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/polexodadised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e12c0fb60---xavutikemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=piedra+de+sol+octavio+paz+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81668962998.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_off00010190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10190 10636 bytes
SHA-256: fc6a03added7a58b7cc7f3beef7d22a54b0b0c9087a5b0ec116f5e47b28504ee
font_01_sfnt_off00011a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001322c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1322C 19432 bytes
SHA-256: 2c3a6d016134d5fbebfd6b1812e83f132430312da807a7ab0390b1d3f338757a