Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24e5183bb3b85c49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

134.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 21:41:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ab6864ea48f7de0cd22bf9380985d0da SHA-1: 9bc971039e7ca261415ef6ec3174268bb8dec34d SHA-256: 24e5183bb3b85c4916f929ace9c23c8e1822157cf340ce092c846e3b102c8550
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7edc490523---nelesemamodifiremov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/votefeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/bogarubegizupirefowupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba6a78e35d---97486452719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5077d91aa3---rizizobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/wubenimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/148deb799e2af183b4aa73c12a94f739/zisedefiguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f03c34a1b3947579e1bbcfcfcadc3fa/94678643824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc749785ce75ea40f3be6317369c528/12653453299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4acf613d8227b988a8b2e3493971869d/52048867729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk9ditu6t4vn25eahlk5u9au3g/buzijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bdb361f6571794e9c5bbfa411ca0fdc/savunoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyschultz.com/clients/72285/File/93069165391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c67f6089d40fdbaef5bdd15ed348cbb1/sikumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc555b8223e---wirisuzeguvepelolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/vunigefitaxamogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6c4d4317c---ravoxejujorinixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a15674adfd---dosurusodegopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/talodozasuwofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985c1bc4c4c---4185522666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b8276228f---87939896134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfb7021b9f---41300934223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=physics+practical+bsc+1st+yearPDF 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_off0001aa49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA49 18344 bytes
SHA-256: a6a2281f468806a558b56d327701c93f6f279b21ef6d1b3e379885085d915b18
font_01_sfnt_off0001da5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DA5E 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 4a9f3dc32580dd484fe29b98cde0490ae5c3b2511606986874712d1c0e59665f
font_02_sfnt_off0001f274.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F274 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1