Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24e048438bd50a33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-08-08 22:43:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ccbe36a60687da1806f29e3a8d6a58c2 SHA-1: 6491e4657adf4b51da25fc1ea57dd3d533997c16 SHA-256: 24e048438bd50a33c538ddb7c2ed027b7846b80ae902deb200dddc45bb4faf8f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34jda7ov79hb6ovaj2f474o8i8/wokejisulinibunukak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/4459088216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/25779714505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hifi-markt.eu/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92024006848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c57a1e4450ff6c666710d003946c98/86954379746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/3569320963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080756e47a4a---kerevilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/92745207828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/pukunavuxitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a160bdcc1---fakopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/dovuduxonulaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0870702569bcd634fe911be162719c7/tubopakuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/ferotagubumuwavusoladuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/21185317614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc620c5f0247aee7ecadce1f07368fe6/37713737915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e23c44df912---lubowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stgeorgedentalcare.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98637836221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/31421126367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaspin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xevikuragewoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb866dac2b3---xofovixobuliwesupowufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fbe0444a1---53213219978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=new+bollywood+mkv+hd+movies+download+1080pPDF 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_off0000dc37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC37 17144 bytes
SHA-256: c3a29539061267b4687ea1c9e74c345937225f8d76d7d2ba8749114ed907ba5b
font_01_sfnt_off0001089b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089B 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 25f85fc987c05a81777c93898be9234c129bdbb253e516357890b08e3eebe609
font_02_sfnt_off000122e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1