Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d24db559aafe61ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:02:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0edc2a3417e725f03f95634396946486 SHA-1: 906e1d67626b62444b9d3aaf42cfa36a8e2f0cf7 SHA-256: d24db559aafe61ee8b256efaec2e65c20fa365a963af77126d251e8e550cfd43
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous external URIs and the compromised CMS upload links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd59cb1981534cbe36d1bbb9f3756fc0/91340382990.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/283ff4b3a64095fb8635d3a6f70ce198/dekolasuxovupurub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/99987989029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/xixusidogivugojawefamimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161058cb8daccc---62826805885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/jumafapotidexiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27d92ca024---wivoxewagurolukaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nergizleryapi.com/image/files/61143633230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/veg5bj9h4gthk1rl53929gai6e/90532703686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/pijudulizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/zotogititogidazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/40981261488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenixfalt.com/userfiles/file/wadifilavagege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival-bg.com/media/ckuploads/files/73509554130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86cc26df3fe5e8ad7cb0ea875e385ddc/tuzaxelepeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fda60b2f4ad35e993f9f62609f4ca41/jemorupina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/xutenadakogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/92615178157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/15298112458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a964b7424666e7de06923d7fc425dc/75155344771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9ecac17d3---63479193683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9b1d583a61---61116617578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae75055f03e---pakupakuzile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/736b1c2487f0f423243308f3a22c27d6/14341177474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+good+morrow+poem+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000eae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE5 18608 bytes
SHA-256: 02d955b0ea02c5ace0ff6edbb1ec01853729a5fb2f30ba9444a1a381c204019b
font_01_sfnt_off00011b66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B66 10636 bytes
SHA-256: b1f8032176da47492e34c8e985689b2362dc13eb3d3f34090f7e1665ed12221d
font_02_sfnt_off0001335c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1335C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1