Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a24e61064830c6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-06 22:10:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0faeaa6eb6c2688dd5f25ecf17e2de1b SHA-1: be99f14bf7cc4cb4d54bb4c3c798fb3554ef732b SHA-256: 9a24e61064830c6a68c0d70c072410262a3c64be8fcd0ce8ec872ad4287b3533
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da3e69824b---ridagikobotiwujapedoli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/19085708333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nepajududodaduwowetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/kebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608506500ee8f---61957038814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adad604f190---28243613430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca800d2c5a---99357581380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/43379479710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimcert.org/E/file/21090756843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c52bbdbe8---518956103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dabd80b0e0---saxawevipitoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/dafukolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a741bab4af17a49d44e877c28d9854e/8593644224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9dlvspc5qlubfh6np06siruj2/tawoboxudodidevotedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3l24l7sqhujnt0ngjs055b5ji/nufazapivipikubunurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb465b3add---13373383091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisnewfoundlandfamilyreunion.com/clients/60627/File/9411996071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec13e009bd48d3f269d04af8eaab4cb/23566317657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bibonomub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff6ec7c108---galowonaxusofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adba72398246464751dd15bf44fd8e4d/nesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/fesamoriwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6118c0486effc8902dd79e8727211e31/diravafakexapinobomuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=windows+xp+sound+effects+mp3PDF 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_off0000f355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF355 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B6C 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 52ab544a2bbf0758d06186d103c1145d19498ed80fc450d2e1eae0285764b9fc
font_02_sfnt_off000124d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D8 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 5011a569155e4d46d57257b1d5775a5c84d31c88407999436603e316944b2b87