Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24d9ef92b91a3311…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:05:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e70ed3cad6b931c51b3fb0c332c52327 SHA-1: 58d346c03293bb53a087e1177e1fecdd0ef89ec7 SHA-256: 24d9ef92b91a3311cf9735b0d9b2e0424407315ec51bfa4877493d1152c84f3c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it is a link farm and a lure for remote support tools, suggesting an attempt to gain unauthorized access. The embedded URLs, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, likely serve as download locations for malicious payloads or further stages of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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://bigcool.net/webroot/img/files/18747080689.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/somikijelobozigabazipuxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/53866590000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612758133f1d9---wadinaxifexajazaboninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/womivefilugotenemorexovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/vakilubipajakuzubitilikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/sekopajukovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcce5dbf95---63131940993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161210ea6bb19a---fugikexokopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhdrum.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210716204215_a29zdW11eG92.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d73828039---wizukujakekebivunuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607239bde7e1d---72443846543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m24ln6lk75vioqq8c2dbhde8g5/luxuxezajiwefezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pin4st1v98msnl5lkv5pkc0pf6/53781656514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256fb1aab935c6ee3fcb22c1c5139c51/zavududoveruxelomelip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/31476601930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infosantiere.ro/userfiles/file/samekibebugemezezamor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c61f8fa1879---meguzorilevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b301daf93---gewisogaravub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/dusewafafatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cd9b78679---63645866036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/87381892804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021062520222773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/sigavibosozikaretowasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keitbg.com/images/files/wixirorefuxadefobufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=windows+7+activation+crack+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE792 10756 bytes
SHA-256: b9c20817e7bc4b44e682aae5ca5fe8de57c64178317f87de6f902cd25796bf88
font_01_sfnt_off00010099.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10099 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 218ebf10a8e4b6b0f4bd6547532e449193f4778ae1d378022b9fba280575c9a3
font_02_sfnt_off00012b95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1