Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24d2c9ace6fbcf5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 13:17:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 2984d92cfedf8481d590cd2c69a810ee SHA-1: 902913c765ba37774c2cbe3f53edbf626d416130 SHA-256: 24d2c9ace6fbcf5cb681437a4e1e343743a3ebb5b64b3674ff8f0315c7c478af
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious document designed to trick users into visiting compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/setemurogiza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f13db4595c0457ba3a152a892a5dcf3/67413868810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/berederupazisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff7541f395b32ab04bee2af84bfc2df4/39502003149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/pazijebisukuxujaduxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edfb92a37fb---tibelesumubuxemepepav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madang.eu/f_pds/fck/file/jeduri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/13856355756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/vuxenawolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonarabokidipabanono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42kolubv906p4fghses2i88g55/puduteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78ad7d8508---mexotolexedotuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a0d69a820aff21d5b415c5c87dad10/30322531775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1737d5766c---87813240592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20729add1e---badosenaxivogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/woziremolafofudagabazoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutinlawkrabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34660236550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cea78d3abe1ff3d3a2f75f8b968b0b0/saruzajovegetozubebebev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/66290741382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a491ecc771b---5675853581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/31667024664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/greciavf5lsvp6b7lupbiia84u/wupekexutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/jipazipufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717e66e4f58---19097619663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+siri+shortcuts+appPDF 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_off0001185a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1185A 10656 bytes
SHA-256: bf962482cc36114f987db8adead206520a0958149585225c388cc0b3c45c244d
font_01_sfnt_off000130b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B1 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 70b643783b3345d92bea283e86626d300b887b8772d04f5102030d662e0948f9
font_02_sfnt_off00015eab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1