Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c24b9cce43e13c34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5301c1cf71f02fd92cc771fb9be59369 SHA-1: 2becd6773d7a1fcbf84414f772b3810841d5b467 SHA-256: c24b9cce43e13c341e75d5e8cc5327d6fcde763ec10aa0f8cd39bd6eafdbd8e8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://htbestcomputer.com/media/ftp/file/98953777908.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv9cf0t79qilkmni13gi8npu9o/72117935871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765d032f898---niwinoveladujelabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af901d421b416ce6781fb01fc03fca18/rediferuwegutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dd6bea89a---72679977064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/387cbb5f4fa13c56bda2243f0d27efaa/buralajatexisamodubuvuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/97020333556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/zafuwowavajipodudiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.poolsrus.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxigabinoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grossfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/00/00c8ca1d7e0432e0ca4c178cf0a97985/File/55006788847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/jotiziwobozixedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drhuanghair.com/uploads/files/202109050630274139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/lesaregov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc8a9bb290---73586384660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/599986lp42qkhhhmt7fgudn06s/xiweboziwiwadudasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5e31221fa---vulemififanudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6620392df78c493588a0676cb9ce4fcb/tofufilowugiwekafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffe9839416---dirosadadozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125a6ed9b822---94667442255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/mopiwakikodorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee01dec5843---gokulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=benefits+of+client+server+computing+pdfPDF 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_off0000d5b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B0 16472 bytes
SHA-256: 203bfd943a0697ea9111c9bfaf54f0e02c54667c8333545f2653aeb3affdb6a7
font_01_sfnt_off00010055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10055 11020 bytes
SHA-256: fe40796fff6cd8bed449eeba384db3cfaf986843eccc3e01c8893f624563b791
font_02_sfnt_off000119ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1