Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f24813d7f5a83189…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 50b48f8af1c1a41afb3aacabfb17e74c SHA-1: 8bf9474dd40028a1f1c8e0aa4cc6c8d3ed92b2d0 SHA-256: f24813d7f5a83189d7951f9eb1f5e0a433b7c587d701f0e7e2017b9e80286c2e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://www.sonorisation-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14841774501.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mbfeed.vn/upload/files/57744472094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8atfo1q21lf38qr11g5reghv9l/88764659588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38d0a0bfba34564180d9fc9bc7f718b8/labunuxunares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/4644691415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/57734474088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/29280604423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/80667730765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icsbc.ru/fuploader//file/98202385737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pugezerinuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/nojexetazawebevuzuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/darutizisonuxuzamuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edm-medical.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23021978083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/tejaxapilefazidudati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c16f3cf807a5605039e240bfc0e9dfc/venabanexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8668475fc---zuvezogabofeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/14771555467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075db21479fa---77394062431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onfireinteriors.com/userfiles/bawijuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9828243ec---banodekemigaropojigenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaprefabrik.com/ckfinder/upload/files/tiferagemekukokoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/jeworixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81de9b54e6e9a45008d7e07df5f5b87f/ronoxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/26487574433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krossinkeuka.org/clients/c/c6/c64aa726effa6776341672ea469011e7/File/43476877838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=homelite+9+amp+electric+chainsaw+manualPDF 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_off00011251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11251 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 3ca4ec85d69247307054bd03dd09c158d9bdc32d69b652b0bcaae76e984a97fb
font_01_sfnt_off000140da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140DA 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 41937a2e219ef60ab09273533a24694a30b144916776f0085eb6bfb045860ddd
font_02_sfnt_off00015a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1