Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24653db7ca4abd47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-08-04 13:42:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7f3138c826336a344e6be4cc61d54d99 SHA-1: e3d2911bb1d23473848bbaf6c79d80caaa01707c SHA-256: 24653db7ca4abd4753239c0bae39c4867ab2b429a3ab65630aca3c809b555f3a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and utilize UTM parameters, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to external resources. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links and compromised hosting is a clear indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=angry+birds+rio+2+game+free+download+for+pc+full+version PDF link annotation
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h7aserc92udb6t14mekq9qo3u/refufanatepumaverebifeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa65169d68---birawexozosisutikoparix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/81912251466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/59967636107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncvo9s3cd8kt5gep0b2tlqmta4/fipatujotixekebavuwibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d0509ec96---pigifawifozumegixegezekux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882b01cc832---nutosafosefupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9cou6odnajjigndnj68ui31hc/79743274721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/nenotadaburozigusino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e9afd2eda---31481648315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/kumofewawumutonebulogoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8945cebfd---liduvilufuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/44578088593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.com/userfiles/files/93940280467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/39547229613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac54dc4da7b---26174624718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalebisantis.it/userfiles/files/61905502311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8636509542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc569aa9dfd---zovavifawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/5062664835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83666970546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/12451613299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021071304503980554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/6481265204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39sdnug7usmgukqgp2jjc73gtn/zetuwekorivinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001120e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1120E 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 4224cca2af0b07e70bd69ffa0993e702260176204bc1889b3ef3d29cc9100c6a
font_01_sfnt_off00013f22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15739 11472 bytes
SHA-256: 791da9ed98edf79dc7aa980efc59826bf9e7794cd06d96ede797968f7d447306