Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24bff711e7262f9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:26:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0710b5b5afa50f500252a5853223dfc9 SHA-1: 222f11583c9bba3579593c0ae17b3c2ce036e4d9 SHA-256: 24bff711e7262f9a428db8e76c3b200262e4063fd135a767d2fb4a3611d5847b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves tricking users into clicking these links, likely leading to the download of further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 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.
  • 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 http://h04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/94858972107.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/090030189041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequoia60.com/clients/875776/File/60404509577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keifo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofebewidonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794b304c8e9---81117012764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/sarukonapigupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/79200864520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cda8cd3e2f---vawinoririvudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/83957578460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/14244272734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/20657432066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3a27hios29tvlmu8qs89us8n0/tusuxikirotagiloliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/jeximodikuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/xifivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fc50a5ca4---21820509429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53150910024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/32499992331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/lixefideraxebate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95921e297c---fagunofidilivoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/83020652183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gradn.ru/uploades/fckeditorfile/3338786128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/75863030942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/24621952392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dungeons+and+dragons+adventures+pdf+5ePDF 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_off0000eaac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAC 18388 bytes
SHA-256: 0be3e758bdea2d9095cbcf5b2c2194560f22f977717aa219b2c6caa211762cc3
font_01_sfnt_off00011a15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A15 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 2acdce5abbc3c480876218a781b84e22c6622f898cc88fd7963110751c1a246e
font_02_sfnt_off00013324.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13324 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1