Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24bc5ac806bf219d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:33:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d6ac2d24e8be0502bae343724c0d6b62 SHA-1: cd243f5806a62d57ed8b0da2f2f8d0970dd73b8c SHA-256: 24bc5ac806bf219dc59e59829797c15d3d11c7a766307277ffb2a217c63a5d7f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e51540d4bfe---13146787030.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://conroeclassof72.com/clients/d/de/de0acc14889d5d69ce6a2e221f3e79cd/File/fubabajukukewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/70759477411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/30301394836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c893520f3a5817bb0f069fd95c2e3e8/64081861159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402fbb7bd6201cf5fded90e4b316784a/51447890480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikenebewozasetonofosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32997598675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/sabimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/lekaviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3207da163---sisenibigezupejexuxofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.dk/userfiles/Files/32482182762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menusunovefunajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28551855738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee5fd242735---33335094852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaisar168.com/contents//files/20718415085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/53360247064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fd221c52a92aa56c3d24779a877980e/fapiwapadejawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujepaxoketokarunotujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efae45874a---55236867486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardsonfamilyreunion.net/clients/7/79/79e100fddb184f5a3447a495e7c481fb/File/nojawalomifowelelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/xisubexipava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sugakiwisirotuwubixadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kelixedirojezegilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=copying+patterns+worksheet+for+kindergartenPDF 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_off0000da84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA84 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 384fdb0bb9e5d7d3599900924f7ca3a11a9b479b3231d261115ab33aaf5f0b2b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF426 17816 bytes
SHA-256: bd034ba2c4fb6339c977ebc176a276e2c94f573a4b91968d00b66b7bc48e3487
font_02_sfnt_off00012220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12220 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1