Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24f822dd11dd8705…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:51:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1991eff4cf5e2138f6c0a838e5460d1b SHA-1: 6dd0323ba3552be7da2ac81dea1fc95260298c69 SHA-256: 24f822dd11dd870513791f26b1055fd8b5db54ef4380959ecb55208fc44bb826
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/nodamepi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607282f0eb8fd---18141203151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/vesukeberofediwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/8148091478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/bozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwedodilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/dageradorisinazasufomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/sodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/pixagapasidifidejovoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ad72da4a3---wanowuserezusarewifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e08fdcc2dd---wojemodudejezoguborerus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/50229275589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e639cc9ffa00463d5b259c8e4c01c053/54359865337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/52829003588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd62bfe7786---neximadepesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/59795247040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/23957535204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/848f9675decc772e3cad512a769c3d39/67562155875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/16837284622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a96bc07ea---84142847918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f0a47c587---24328696506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5b296c901---51265044221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0c6418616---romegavakolakapimusotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949e9db84ca---45731145755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d111da21b8---rorerugegagijitineketa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c51a4bf18---xibepab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=settlers+of+catan+strategy+guidePDF 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_off0000f09d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09D 16728 bytes
SHA-256: 6ca33ee3c063ec6d7ed5cd3f47aa7dcd2412273d32ce18ac636d9ddb9fe6033c
font_01_sfnt_off00011b92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A9 10940 bytes
SHA-256: f7d62450301203f1f8b64d3f5b74fe100eb3d21051beba49a2b1f2ec6b88312b