Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da224721ebd2abc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:14:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3ce2655f6eb494ca3dbbdb7955a3221a SHA-1: e935b77c37c56a5112d6c34653abac632becfb2a SHA-256: da224721ebd2abc5026fd2856c04e1c1cf19fb23f05ca243e3e4d8f6a4427be0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.ville-dammarie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanufatewumogevegeke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/xopulalaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/72764989221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/44138098871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kotolantopeni.cz/files/nidutipeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtosfera28.ru/userfiles/file/40949445838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantarefides.ro/admin/userfiles/file/xurekikevem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/xuduwawafizexalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14403372536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rafautama.com/uploads/file/14457121748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e686c78f19---viniziposevabifadewusopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/681sb7nua5333bjj5u0o62hlv1/kigiterivujimepaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/mixusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149d99686a03---37166388498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingsbeltsville.com/uploads/files/70635168927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsiaoying.com/userfiles/file/dunijuziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/65156737310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmgeducationtrust.org/home/vmgedu/public_html/public/userfiles/file/97647034541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-9/file/LwpCms2021_09_02_17_09_51_2248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/73122591661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104450wp19.agentcentrum.com/userfiles/files/55931960692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=things+fall+apart+full+text+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_off00010c9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B2 10824 bytes
SHA-256: de4cb955c493cdd36de222cf2409c36774e3c5c4d3617a4bd13e58857f6c0f0a
font_02_sfnt_off00013d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D66 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 8c74b6baff9ed748ee27abc66c0eb69468af9a4098787bbacdcc109cb6ff801c

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