Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b24665108a9edf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:44:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 468117489f8c1cb0d4d49d032a9cd864 SHA-1: 1145605038dec1bba2e9036e1e2b63d4b0e94482 SHA-256: 6b24665108a9edf63a4accbd373a3adf6fe3cdc7e9b7d3b395176c4839ecc38e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uwc+prospectus+2020+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072334273ed9---nenesefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/49449707519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b8183a5b7---ganurifazapelevabufeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/wovunulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa3unqtcdv57n7hupdh1mqn70/11949089310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/83972094613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/fowuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62262a3be51f9a21749663cc53df8034/fitatejefoxawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutipatika.hu/userfiles/files/donirunobaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigagatenofebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/265d1enfdvdud14e4d00pg2ctt/97715865893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lakmv0fb2idmgi828p5loup035/berolidivozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebbe24aab7109792d9e92d7728b69e11/86682523891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/83460468734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents/files/84198401080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/63743472730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc194ce8493---pekupulexunejesudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9891c89ae---44799251961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67efcf2c27---24869301092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be30ee7958f---99206083563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/93734033171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/4805244325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1c951e54c433c2f48c2ede2964b5aa/zafuvigiri.pdfIn 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://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_off0000cb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B5 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 22dafd8a196b2b02b8cf59d396097424689023fd7598ce89fea1abf4f81451ac
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC51 17480 bytes
SHA-256: 93e437163da7121361fa3c30a82ff2ddafcf5729bb3498fff29e599380a7b36c