Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d924881f796135be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-24 01:48:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8f4ac4ebaa61cd235cb674805c6cafe2 SHA-1: 604a56f92b57d95daf02204257742dbc4b1cf577 SHA-256: d924881f796135be5827d9cbaf13426e0e73666336732484d58f4d3192626790
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a second-stage payload. The presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/42912934955.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5057925917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076184395855---rujisawamogesafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/2691351756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91184818482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbdbbfc23ed---49698305509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3470409308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/zigaxomigegefelovidajeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843f1e0032c---63499651965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5db45d884520bd869b8525cb7603f34f/rurariromodowilixozakegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/gomajatuvasizoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategieb2b.com/userfiles/file/letokin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/karojobujofipibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/22214101671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d35260dce1---zotajojifofedokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dcteeb2tc2942v887mtegovee/guvotitilusojuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vozike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609057c5cb6c5---kugema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85221088e55d305a1ea66f493269e88c/5469131911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/72595752888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0501jgku3m4tu675rpkgo72sji/60478422074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0513d563337d408d5f1cc2ff5f5c21aa/27551558979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/bewawiwepopipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cfe359477---dofonirimegivilunedadaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/zetumabenunudoliduzojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mazda+6+workshop+manuals+free+downloadsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF646 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 3e4ea78a9120331ddc6efbb729afe2226b7412b5f14e544bc044bd14e3a57ce4
font_01_sfnt_off00011005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11005 16132 bytes
SHA-256: eb83fb48a2f60ac59fad768156047f025764cad4052c8f34695a9c8dd2456ad8
font_02_sfnt_off00012572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12572 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 58ff27715901639873c39a87147e43c4dc28203a0e9a70045afdcfba222c42c2
font_03_sfnt_off000152ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1