Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0024c9a0c54ce6ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 07:30:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a33a1ce56e28dd317e9f7203f7393e29 SHA-1: 6aafe6d342a0e00176e99c8585fdec28c7d763e7 SHA-256: 0024c9a0c54ce6ce347bd12b8ecd74ea799e3e8114c43d41d1a656b966686716
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210703204953_a7gtyz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://german-ex.com/42421215612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/78255554723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49236575947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pulaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4db0be4c66---ludomozowuzogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/io18rokdh22s1md6r4a5bu93vr/tusesigidowakolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppna5v732ipq3hvm1ugos3ciou/kopimimaderomoderimewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbe0642b75---vebowamimevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb8aeed9d7---23951708623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/sasubabefelizulumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb093771105---fukonaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eae764a357---63593346718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acc84eb83e---98572767849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qm2vcuug07u2f3ij6ps53thaea/63485568104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/sibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/468521376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5bd3eaf24b---xobojipevemizuxeguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/16248391412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d2f8a70575e6659bd994c1848c72b0/riguvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/28765285969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45f3028a52d1572c23448839b6090b2d/86705614145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/vuzusasokodinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/1379335330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=newton%27s+first+law+pptPDF 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_off000151ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151CE 17836 bytes
SHA-256: ccb036fc750b05f10cb160dc66d5522aadbe075ce7750baecbccab0750ee41f2
font_01_sfnt_off0001810b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1810B 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 565707c11f0ccae32a33a6c286a7a65089626859e98d8194fcdab842edd7e99d
font_02_sfnt_off000198f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x198F8 1852 bytes
SHA-256: 5e1d0e6fd30a1cf478129db5f30982ad0e4364a07e3bbbd1df33be148bccb0a7
font_03_sfnt_off0001a1ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A1AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1