Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24323ec70903cc8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:06:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 04eece0a0fe810f29ee78476bb561bf4 SHA-1: 13001e021a6c874f7e1a08ada926f5311ecfd54c SHA-256: 24323ec70903cc8a6b5cccee5f15035bfcb94947e4e72c67d07931cfc89a677c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, many of which host files with suspicious names. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests the document is part of a link farm designed to improve search engine ranking for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fd5da64f8---gijupi.pdf
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/nalidumojewazon.pdf
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/136599186860d32e064329d.pdf
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/71595443678.pdf
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/jawikufibe.pdf
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29dcdca59bdb313609bef8a3525697f5/79490941109.pdf
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/vajenonazuwajejusotu.pdf
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826ec0bbcaa---xejejebetirurajaputibak.pdf
    • http://iqlacpro.vn/emotive/upload/files/zepaxoresakujugi.pdf
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724acd0fb99---68784244174.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcang9mtntou6r9mbt2cbpr3s5/70571731805.pdf
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607580c89e1ae---jekuzujuwaxanaj.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079df471c86d---mopelevodoxanotazuvumeb.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e8d01bc50bce1d559565bc0eeed0f9f/91843591386.pdf
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/81384510216.pdf
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202105242317490796.pdf
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d4jul5sdtj15ieo1cfmbm9a4t/21302528108.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b267347a2d9---mojereze.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26dbf0cd74---85423389815.pdf
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/27816873719.pdf
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/41583524826.pdf
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/xewikipijorinedej.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cacfd19c8a---zawunuzijosara.pdf
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210607160708.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=sample+thank+you+letter+for+scholarship
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016d06.bin
a066041929dd4a473c15bd4951640b40a3ce48a41eeb87a88b165ce59d30e10d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D06 17268 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00019a71.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A71 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001b288.bin
9a1a20ecfbe711e012c591a23511451c13ee74e1462904baff3c272c411b26b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B288 11128 bytes