Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24ca2ebabd8ffd87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:04:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4d62e2481717da110291c7bee0357120 SHA-1: 27a0b40c24dffd3e010e913993a90542ee4de552 SHA-256: 24ca2ebabd8ffd87d7bce57ac2071acd7389c662ed316962d81d4ee13a34c1cc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document contains numerous external URIs and link farm patterns, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to compromised websites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a malicious intent to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=racing+fever+moto+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://autoservizimensi.it/images/fck/file/gutogevirebuzizisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34c8ea3737ded3bc88c73d0107b17f96/16782596570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/1569915917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/64248634131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff9e5cceaf---46763562313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witimovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/wurerulobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sysquare.com/UserFiles/files/99230375792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hantechwelding.com/userfiles/file/2021090123212973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/57171202667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/moridokoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogukemizurepiregenajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ephtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_C7F2962F34DC9862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/78161124800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unibeauty.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4213187310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festacontinua.it/public/file/lejejagifere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/zadenejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-audit.com/i/up/file/41212911443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenkatsu.dk/files/jaxusofoladotibodedidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/67756848813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sprostredkovanieuverov.sk/res/file/4745295546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/pomiwene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangiyaparishadtoronto.ca/bpt/editor/uploadfiles/norunumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e1c35c7902---kutexiwewadusafazezeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kolevamatakopijimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xmzs.org/userfiles/file/xozobedenululedidixa.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_off0000bb84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB84 15972 bytes
SHA-256: a79c5c0f36cdc6754106dbb4aabf21a7891b20ebdbd077b1c388f6c2a07d374c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e450.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE450 10952 bytes
SHA-256: dab5087cd0daebb36771e405ccc5ad28d415bed6a9237aac6d4d8ec65d8059e2
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1