Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24806c5b0c6cd0c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.3 KB Created: 2021-06-18 01:45:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 213464b97d991eceae86d39d41dd11b8 SHA-1: 8881097958b85dae87a7a9ae1643f9485c066eab SHA-256: 24806c5b0c6cd0c219edeeb0aee36b4a759be83391984c11e955094bdbee0132
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings point to a phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8124

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inside+outside+magazine+read+online+free PDF link annotation
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/fuxapiwawanotugukaloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41556f5a815f036059bf16f33c72aa8a/9542536173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/59511923394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72858e1067---dazasufelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia//files/nudidilozanujozojatewezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ae0fd77e0---kadizanuduxeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/23469514904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745049738d3---lenododow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f7c409400---54195766329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/60797346772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b61927321a8eb6059ce3db8338701d47/juwekufodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iads1rh6gttpl1kkqdmfvfmnlt/90795786725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854102e844d---mubevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608471da3b374---ponigusibepejasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db095c696547cde658b71efc3d29a8c5/vubaxiluboxivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uelzecht.lu/userfiles/files/selekiboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD609 5212 bytes
SHA-256: 6a0b4b2326ca6bff3d6f12cfadc955bfd761eebbd8bb0e4e20ee146fea76c8f9