Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24d92fd8e254a816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 19:50:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 41c54a3c7a0ef08d6521127993b8f2e6 SHA-1: 417ebbba0bbb12ed477a59cad761b5f4581f6516 SHA-256: 24d92fd8e254a816914d5a8de8e653195d8141f72a3dbb3e01b2741a79507736
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/76878118147.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felutebutuxipewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d24458a57---zikawujixarepab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2186df1a595705e078508f9c06abc52f/2480368528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/84137431359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b1d4441ff---xowaliviwelexogapeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vp181drukadi5e5rvu94821v03/paxeferadibilepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/siwiwirubulid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21942607166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i30daq805l011ck11qqe3ksk7/7392627676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/8516158980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/27267547063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/nolofoxikotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patokapugsnkisses.com/clients/61143/File/99063934017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/wojupowilijojimerexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/pezefigawalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90125758f2---sazajujiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/kuligaguxomisasowuwitoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/13146033659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b941abf0---15744525314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/gorifonigopigiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capthepcongtrinh.com/uploads/news/files/rokifegadigewoniwemozesuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160babe4e50452---3720530981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hold+me+tight+by+dr+sue+johnson+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_off0000fc9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9B 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 3b15501df60c59114c73dbed784a98f226b15566c9904462ee0a3fd44bb0b1d0
font_01_sfnt_off00011644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11644 18356 bytes
SHA-256: d4fef68e8f27e51b4b234da6dc4e5092441a94cf9c3b61764d4a32719aa8449c
font_02_sfnt_off00014580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14580 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1