Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24e5ea66853fad69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.9 KB Created: 2021-06-11 12:17:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b1178d233009e04f06fb262c0f8cb517 SHA-1: d075213f08b3cf34b29a11ccb4307aa215118f47 SHA-256: 24e5ea66853fad695adbe34670415e945138b8f6e70e95ad533b917b1b08425c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to WordPress sites that appear to be hosting malicious PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=apharan+web+series+720p PDF link annotation
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21cd77ee37b4328324d2f1b14cd448c9/kerobedole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4b8ccc175---40267851490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf3fa400a1---39425711636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e761b68f0---kukilipaletovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d7dad1a17d1712d8ff8f7c6c14f9f5/91285935555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/makuwerikozajilarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbduoiehnjf4n5hu79q0g2i11r/31427495755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705ecaba547---27568959718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd783fec5c3c54bede7adfa3d56a73f/7124279168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988671cac5a---lijumegiwivusogozozagotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roland-toys.eu/userfiles/file/powuxisirovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3sip768jk0vscv0dl2pfi91t3/vukuwozuzugerimexokijala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a021f0332d---62753549252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784a6869703---watojisatiwusefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c978c096e7---bulatefinizujisewuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bec49e760---fevobepexelisuvepekiludiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000148e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148E0 5452 bytes
SHA-256: 984e1e7e0be2982c72665a83a4fa726e6b2f70ab3e8181dd143ee904c07776e2
font_01_sfnt_off00015b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B6F 8116 bytes
SHA-256: b21a3c06ab8909b534ecf2172db2d6814ba2ae523ddd3fdf5a36e936322d3896
font_02_sfnt_off0001759c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1759C 11828 bytes
SHA-256: a3961a47f27d4dab705034b0c5bf67e7858aaf3505b5befc97c92fc458517841