Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24b2dff451fed8fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:38:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4d9aad1e9c48d40bac4cd7b02b119df7 SHA-1: c3bc443d074a9db3e7dbc66aa40c01f5c59410f9 SHA-256: 24b2dff451fed8fc498aa6868b062bfd1e58798c598f4fa9de66c812331bd3b9
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and a click-outward action. It contains multiple links to external websites, including one hosted on a compromised WordPress upload directory and others on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/50821404538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60090369606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/fafusuxaneleniranuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146dcbf65014---41423143729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/76858078867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f61a917220f3ce09249f124857578bdf/63145794666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/50758111692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/86298981439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicthesportshop.in/uploads/pewaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/ruxenuneruso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astmasme.com/userData/board/file/79788956936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakotech.at/uploads/ckeditor/files/zalamidigujezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/remejofuzewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.benkorner.nl/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60049675467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/1015039115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161466041e2c6c---wonozovunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14886469964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhoptik.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8098984620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rintrans.com/files/metutefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/7669492109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73ee36aa871a8c0ab4c17b2c1cb4f6b6/53765385714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/18039010114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penmypoem.com/new/admin/uploadfiles/file/41540000364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterboatdeliverance.com/uploads/files/3483368678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/fawojijonexowevive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+layoutinflater+in+androidPDF 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_off0000b3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBFB 13452 bytes
SHA-256: f5303837c6675d56e23307a8f1746493a8dd8162c826bdaf01c472b2fad9e73a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD5 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 987d88a6d1fd903db9b223e3ba85e759da6b98e72cc07151660bcac28221a40f