Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce24193f07c65651…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-06-24 11:21:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: ee5b5a1e8b94f796517af7987d0ebba2 SHA-1: 3e6c3d240f729a424da91152bb2896cd8f37b68c SHA-256: ce24193f07c65651821b54e5fd4e6d5b94ac69c86bf1b94c363de71e28323966
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations hosting PDF files. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'Tantan hack apk', suggesting a lure for users seeking unauthorized software. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tantan+hack+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608323a40a489---22174296920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/961d2fc22de07a8bab9a9ce8c15e7563/komudukipedaxodafewoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/66701268639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/55086419927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908f847746c---98084271122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3c08b71b6ac64a72d015f43bb603884/98864024147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7cfe6aff6---gutezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7edc25941fcdb1992b20c8af6e7a84ae/2108262775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f3fb0a6e53d51fecc80b85e2725621f/884601765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5d0d0e4f---bukabovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6b8bec8c9bec0f3543fb0ffef45ee7/12295342190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9c3cc4294---buxitosowepipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/52196254691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5782ea582---loxoxuripurasolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/dojaxorogepewetunikule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a654c726a06---39183101052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1aa07d85e---99139345664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/jominipesematufiletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33366c41aae5c5c4f09cc23ca70a3d03/95085110070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e3bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BD 4728 bytes
SHA-256: efc6cf05bfa0c743cd1badba141f546d69453e0d2b3de0a9a3722af196238296
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D3 23928 bytes
SHA-256: 74893adaa5ee06b74c605e4684e8c4028309f33435f5aae2373a489acc86c86f