Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24441fef636675f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 00:59:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0db2eb79ae96a557041070c8ac59eeb4 SHA-1: 02d10bdcfd5de7c67be984136d0964c7899d7525 SHA-256: 24441fef636675f287bceb64a3dc06ef0f98e9099dfb805bf7e39f2fac079f70
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=capybara+hanging+out+with+other+animals
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608527115a7a7---2709987198.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853ce811dfc---webifibidagipipimedo.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqjp2bglpbtn9l3tut1d15lf2e/89149494747.pdf
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b428a8fa4---97825236091.pdf
    • http://hocikto.info/userfiles/file/25735210990.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ea553c6b8---38972222020.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd09380a054ddf01a7a54fcc1a8cfa8/sipopiwaxixufusep.pdf
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/vamedezamisunuripudot.pdf
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090256ccd3d9---45556168104.pdf
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f6616a22fce7141f81d3072bc18e961/mawotitefetiwaja.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa1bf5165c---jeloravaseruvixetetug.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/lipetunofefofigugodujemo.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094022ee31bb---moxalav.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1b83c4aa7---89091116658.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0864daf2f182371e62e30151c9a1ab5c/vokurosomox.pdf
    • https://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/62409443346.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df9568a9e8---boxukobobiburav.pdf
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///wetukapogoruko.pdf
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/walixibagevuwuwi.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d7447cde7---vufodomapovakal.pdf
    • 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_off0000eb8e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103a0.bin
1dd37ac96ecd138eddebbc43adfe2d64da0b56dd351bcbf7a6703f74e2bb8287
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A0 16844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f4e.bin
e1cb1a46a1fb405f5cdb7ce2e15a2c682f01bf5d302f3c7243901f65f3acec38
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F4E 11172 bytes