Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d6cb24614a07cbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-22 09:45:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 468758a16068c9de636969360f95f118 SHA-1: a71f0eae59fbc17c218a8cc114da838cb47275c8 SHA-256: 2d6cb24614a07cbc514cdd136b7d5c8eb7f15a026cd99cd3f04e937864e4ed8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The document body's reference to 'New malayalam movie download telegram' further supports the lure of free downloads to entice users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+malayalam+movie+download+telegram PDF link annotation
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/badumozikekibateta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents//files/vakeworefukogopovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/tabapamujaxiruvamegezeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e31b5ad49---33580801967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7fdeca0c2---2980241177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da899603f4ff81354ccfd9df31d235a1/piresakedajenapelotijazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bak9tc6d8ifjvv6d1ledp99351/58596374260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7fc72af16---fojuxuminufelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ee823b96b093df5770cb9384397622f/moxezasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7b0ea4510---1122585377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/27276353777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982abd913c4---baravamawobese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/sovejezifijogeredagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba82a2a9afa---gobixajosalimuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc48a465fe---20456229098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/wisalag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0uj6alhgcvnumk80sfuvnvve7/naxubidusopisovudogib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/93087771953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDBA 4976 bytes
SHA-256: cc210e6f505c99d44e788317932f869890a813ebe60704a01b6e91a788a0dd3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000feae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEAE 10804 bytes
SHA-256: d86ae559a29a8835f3022e1bcc9da64c2ef798c43cb18e803addbfd0ec564cae
font_02_sfnt_off0001239b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1239B 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 227c598c7e148110b871470a09442a0c1e39fe76cad953028925e7299d719fb7
font_03_sfnt_off00013df2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DF2 4324 bytes
SHA-256: a542ec26cea93e049a2e27cd59b1347dd9bbdea13775fd7b822b3c2b3136116f