Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24c83ffa505310ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

127.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:51:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1a16541e907d44b2a2db93f1b9e30f9d SHA-1: 8447fae2719dd905c2fad1485d7aa1243596d33a SHA-256: 24c83ffa505310ad2849a9fe74431c817fa6e5e4a585a2b5498016d8d33510b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to lure users to these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9878

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+summon+herobrine+in+minecraft PDF link annotation
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ii7hdnfs7gc66u6gjultcepf0/pasopetizaduxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160badd9c1e0b0---6828025572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/togumumodazafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/306d2e4a8f116b131ec1ba4991916a5c/zinufufenusagoxixovij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c41d42139---gubobulerozulunutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/11592256344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1157d378d34cd26d6402e301baf6bc2d/5309557392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19fd79e8df3745d85f53f52765ee6d5/89508224123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/poborenobasogagovewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/vipegituxizafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/pikaduvozamifaniwusamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradleyhillsapartments.com/demo/uploads/contents/file/dagumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eefebbf0d73d952803bb35c479676a4/lekinadenikiromup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6161809d30---20671977713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857d4331a1a---2310807606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2ecc82918---59576597756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0857cfef43e7ad9153bb8d3a76224127/77029285513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/915eaf9d55de1c39bd6d931b9387a9e6/9950881419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7eb425410---15436891992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8eda38ce42160992e79c2e2994ae6a/50536520254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838db8f3cbc---24266989998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/50658499244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/nikesuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c38567751973ac45f94ce3409e61b4b3/14599943416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082dcc5a1579---vowibixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/34387056962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00018c03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18C03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001a41a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A41A 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 60b11e28b0e2ef25eb602527fce3266312bc48b49d156a255f967562ea04025c
font_02_sfnt_off0001bde2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BDE2 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 571d51b6f2aacbd997b5b817150cc547fb90e7aa1ff945e7c29e725fde6b00b9