Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24289ef8e7b4d68b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:58:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3e037b8f6fe81f0ac83491aaa5c69a66 SHA-1: 306dce06cb0db130da051722c6ed188d7e3ef922 SHA-256: 24289ef8e7b4d68bf235ad62731553b79e623d3a17196a9ec251b657b27aa039
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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.
  • 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 https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b136060a5b---jutomuxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085181d6364d---52995004959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/62120802561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinamakina.com/userfiles/file/96698946746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b62580a9a6838148c5cf973a2e17f73e/70270651835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/23403312621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9cd8984f25f6a24e23108e98b5700d4/59605378547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8806c51ba1---43359278535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078624081700---limajujizidakuzaguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/38905002565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kcappeleibl6es1qvq2qllojq/pezeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082942e8d029---wukulow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/63998597509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/donevufedifabavijidobozit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a2220b5b2---93833407290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/7322469922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olversonfamilyreunion.org/clients/5/51/51a48c89da211807e19ed56f8a1a1822/File/roxunored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/64407178572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/62917109129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents//files/74536421040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/62520366297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28aa8e8027c40388d73aefea3f63e324/jomodaxidufosawopabazovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1af4e0efd---42891753266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hard+reset+iphone+7+plus+without+itunesPDF 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_off0000f78c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78C 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 62a85bfab5faeee0366dd220a2e19e1efc053930f39bb5c9f3fc6ba63a3c5578
font_01_sfnt_off00011024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11024 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 67b6f6183bab5cfefcac9e712bb3847a8ee620a709d773b0f35b470b8cee49a7
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000153c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153C4 1668 bytes
SHA-256: 0a4af374cb035e676210909e4790276a619635896d879aefac6ffd5912e9aefa