Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24850f3215200579…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:34:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1e58a7931151401a331c5849897d4059 SHA-1: 0eaa4f05b9ae73718ff52b402920ee18287b119f SHA-256: 24850f3215200579deea99e1b42a9845cc00bc951b51857d086580de39ad827c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on various domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics strongly suggest this is a tactic to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://e-ceramika.pl/userfiles/file/fekijopomewuvezaradimeva.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8ad85f157---kupejerijagevujuvesoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/55215688063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/33201213798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/wigajajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb63d3cf80d---raguruwasoxeneguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um50fgc352eloch8g2ifp1emd2/27293055094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlbcsimleague.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewefigonuzugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/robuzifupamoxujedugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/97152740555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/35653645564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/99267328250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079eea67785e---bajidolodudolikupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://q-web.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asrufiaf3ib951kmmlkbrv7r0g/mopojoluxazidogewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613278dc06268---62770489285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/bivuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/15291681424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/fosukaxuratumefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/23337373980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v0463s4rs493t045a49ue0t67/wevofajikefadolamimasaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stallingreunion.com/clients/a/a3/a37dbb3dca22f8cb40f44de83fe48269/File/ferovobaxinaximakisulumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/pazuxawiwonarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cghrj4uagd2aj3blgqsnr0b2b3/vixedepemomusojagogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=hoist+the+colours+piano+sheet+music+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c6e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6E5 17388 bytes
SHA-256: a85d35adc121bbe17743d00ff5adfb9a2f210af3f0b9906eb294594dc97ace74
font_01_sfnt_off0000f41d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C34 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 4bd1adf912166b39d985ff392b4b33c8e18cc570b43803d9f4693bcc62469237