Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24420a899c133b39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:57:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 29a479573ceccd059234e7dd54792f4f SHA-1: fb8900757c53beb789ecf99d89f71c66b2bacab1 SHA-256: 24420a899c133b393dc49798888d92ec1a860e09caf625194c5b0974023957b9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for SEO manipulation or to serve further malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://geojeoceanhotel.com/userfiles/file/20210914012905.pdf
    • http://zjbfjt.com/upload/files/88411765731.pdf
    • https://iskoruma.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wufenafivevisoviwetuv.pdf
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/76700572883.pdf
    • https://network-italia.com/file/fumowudenixirefuto.pdf
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/pekixikamekebuv.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad8eb9f054---mepazumefunimopusexufix.pdf
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/losam.pdf
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09e3f08518fd29108cac5eafafd6d57e/5758065691.pdf
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/rozebedize.pdf
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92156095938.pdf
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3el69qptfpu4t0pcqhvnb9lpor/52165472354.pdf
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1501l47i26kvc0vk73e2h8h9r6/43711763024.pdf
    • http://aptwash.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/vegugululuwipepabofu.pdf
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/57093280598.pdf
    • http://metalzilembo.it/userfiles/files/85581464300.pdf
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-09-14/images/files/35712991359.pdf
    • https://girisimhaber.com/uploads/file/sifubusubize.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/niguxabonululomop.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/avdlf085a2inf90a57af0mo3d4/4389350869.pdf
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/87651441696.pdf
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98090328807.pdf
    • https://kvzriu.org/images/file/bages.pdf
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/bixowufifadikiw.pdf
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/labaxer.pdf
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/99274584936.pdf
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46307242135.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+the+ringtone+in+messenger
    • 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_off0000debf.bin
7146775109385dd7e1797dbed5644a300969c313816889a86eba4e423d4d0e25
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEBF 18724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f20.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F20 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012737.bin
d937c1349e938db7d7e21fad8762f52a3b99bf008501db20a9e3c2b47b6d65f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12737 10708 bytes