Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24bf0a81742a66b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:16:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 568efcee8f5719c0e9de64f9913b9411 SHA-1: 7aaa88d4d0af86b98b289085236f45901714be6e SHA-256: 24bf0a81742a66b9fa26b7fe5fe79f2c9a08bfedcdd80aaf2e1922d3ee24d842
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of numerous links and the 'link farm' heuristic suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings point to a malicious document designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/87902103379.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324b009e8dc---36512238135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4l6v17aa4g10lk0nkq0akcebf7/20367675080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613587cc81e61---gulezovutabegezivuxuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130141db0305---vimazisozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.net/d/files/47726460178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texasbordervolunteers.org/userfiles/file/23594146503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://as-eng.biz/userfiles/file/digixedulaxusazudejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/powopuxamefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/13946894223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iktoktatas.hu/files/file/94637353073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angerdress.store/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92642278358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadeite.ru/images/file/14143235214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designgaleria.hu/userfiles/file/69840034594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/80628574207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achwvs.love-mrt.com/upload/files/70828771693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/legadegisasoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376029f4179---27429261841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/dabikiwazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuquiland.com/upload/files/tafenokoxegejavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161367831c369e---jotegodeturubexevero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/56624489680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gavionescodeinsa.com/userfiles/netapasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/rawiwinejimugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+address+book+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_off0000d087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD087 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89E 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 02541a8014b85f108405b01b9fb4dda6ca1d854349fbf55f91654014aa988533
font_02_sfnt_off000100fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FE 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 7d30e35abea3fc56c77a50e022b6691b3b7d9eaa89e20046212765efecba10fc