Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d24c8a8aec8a4d02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:54:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4aa7c977a3be69136dc8975d5d3d6074 SHA-1: 558b3467580fe0e4c28b6ae942f2a232ba7c1d08 SHA-256: d24c8a8aec8a4d026b48543b662ebcce91e6d64ca651e2ef616d33e3161708b8
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 CMS uploads, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript likely facilitating the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=othello+sparknotes+translation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af7ec111bc7f48f250845f7f753a60e3/66204145121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5a6b8f9d6---3406978478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8g387rd40kjn63r82li1fnmrc/pubewamegamibalaxazexisat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f15f23e1eed---44642933136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/manizare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec4322d05d---20980925488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6b7bba8847---moxosotemedakopafutajum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/redaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jan-fotografie.nl/upload/files/52617059292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/51547643568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee1211bbb5---kijolisevimidov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/27992005630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085918c7e762---mirafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3b78b5203---jomapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/63115274824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb03867b1b---4243613304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f72c7973de---60301582793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/52233033882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-auge-dascier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokimulisozepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitk.ru/_files/pupatoninakamutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.com/upload/files/7499719008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/tulidenegimodumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39685006230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marikakozmetika.hu/editor_up/4309457342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawalubixemikabulobagov.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_off0000db2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF346 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 1bb81d92e136a850be7a27a3f576f113d48f5c6b12d8c7c93fdef7eaaf191a35
font_02_sfnt_off00010bdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDB 20412 bytes
SHA-256: 00e450ce256d6f1a13d924ed328bc1e2c78b9382513bd29ccf7ed8cedd5cce69