Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e24417c0f9c4fda8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:43:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: bd277afa6bcd8b4d87802812d23a5cf5 SHA-1: b44b499cf5f657fdad69c3714bf1ec00b17657b3 SHA-256: e24417c0f9c4fda8b4407264a28913eeefad4e4e29e14f57087efedd6852c880
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to potentially malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate that these links point to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+water+margin+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/lutirasimupuweviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.es/d/files/7429705411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://versobrokers.eu/userfiles/files/18524061726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangtriasianwindow.com/uploads/image/files/mozumibelumamafadiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/zetewexixezofuzamisele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamones-luna.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/lamegozisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/7042471016145386db615f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145228b1a270---vadazasamenini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37921026910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/91824871030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipgene.com/image/files/20210909_071447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163aaa405f4904aca432007de9efc5c1/33588913915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelagumevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffa564704e---dajorumuxopukajemawofuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://get-insurance.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45232173329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/zewenorubutunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deycaterers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33265221178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/99728067689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144ccd173011---kegabodizerudorevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwemagowisulewamaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewogonivajinapapukorano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.info/upload/files/91797605764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashhadgardi724.ir/basefile/mashhadgardi724/files/woxanatuwirapos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/kutakumedikazegenu.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_off0000b7b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7B5 16032 bytes
SHA-256: 42ad7e24412f0c4d81dc5c34a2ae530ce726d06528fa0729c36e3f1cc2a9db46
font_01_sfnt_off0000e06d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF884 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 69a6dc8562c61a1181dafd7b9f06d1a17e3f8828026344515c7739d6542410db