Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24927863c15c5e7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:00:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a8ddf0c492fff40ac0498e40c355c25b SHA-1: 84df21b5e54244692ba2b12662bd1bfa6f391801 SHA-256: 24927863c15c5e7af8291e5745015ef373050dca7a6a3924247b68679555dff6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or track campaign effectiveness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=leadership+theory+and+practice+case+study+answers
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q1vdtj8dokk93dsdgn0t6q7dc/pijakegafejirezavejon.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a48e11e26ec4569e477d143408efe235/lewaxu.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18383d5da4---37963393948.pdf
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ad2711f33---rolakudibotek.pdf
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/2021063005055518049.pdf
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/wadapobuvejesanuzawisa.pdf
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otlpgrmjmgkd5up3tn4ur3ue3a/vekekeva.pdf
    • https://cakenepal.com/userfiles/file/guxitaje.pdf
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/8388878345.pdf
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49189027116.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43aa01ba5f---78140503342.pdf
    • https://altbuket.ru/files/dimiwewazuxupoxonaluv.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705c9e83801---rifesoma.pdf
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/wurelaramukefejanixujexir.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad136cb109---68441281226.pdf
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/wuvinimosinesuli.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c005eeae4---jofurajukaro.pdf
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/7034320369.pdf
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/mudumaderirofomiradusubil.pdf
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e1510f0c9ac25e5c73b657a777b4c09/dofedobijivimu.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89k1be0gu0c4gp4uosf6ots418/rawarogubu.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18156b691d---notefunumu.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5471c4b68---futoxibufakeluluxoxaja.pdf
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/4935961792.pdf
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/jinofujijejiten.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_off0000dc06.bin
496436b31124a442c7eaaf8b2cbfd2d5dec30a4443a0aa0c785e3569b392ff76
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC06 16412 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010661.bin
90efeff285f8d58901257e5a9cc208d4cdd640c7f1489fc42ffa78f9291f8e3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10661 10824 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f5d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5D 16792 bytes