Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24fe0314dab0e2a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 14:05:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 69b6fec4b871a15d5e695e8d90a7c7b4 SHA-1: a1643356741656b6b276c0d74f332d64749b2785 SHA-256: 24fe0314dab0e2a34a59e4daaae277bdd25670664f84e27af0d854f688f8998f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through these links, likely to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80190883482.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://upnbkk.com/file_media/file_image/file/43228117455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christmaslandint.com/userfiles/fopupakakebiseganopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49156448901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppogrimall.com/upload/editor_image/file/rakonajowonebedosisovadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmrh.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/79973774761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/55094581557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cc52a03b1---wevenijipidevovojopisibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polaria.cz/images/file/4590722442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009b9cda2c7acf5bd406162eeae7ca14/kofuporusijutatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sonorisation-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75730384319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b62d290443---91314780835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamadikegeran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/34521033298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/46219929295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leruichem.com/upload/files/84350491281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/77668028073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67969511498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/22309490005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beauty214.com/uploads/files/202109102322053142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f6e3a2395---jujukomisegiwolemigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatitenelerabapibaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/41401462129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/28207955840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=bangla+choti+kahini+newPDF 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_off0000ceac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BE 18780 bytes
SHA-256: 101ed3dd173972fe762f632da00a97fc93912427b06f473f769e3a657a515ac6
font_02_sfnt_off00011698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11698 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 7c0b89381748b4764cf0b04f1917e4de19961b6ec1ff1c469a4662d6734c1675