Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f24c2133283ea27c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-16 12:38:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ccf27c6277a412e639d16c4f301bdf96 SHA-1: efc18b30f09eeb3545c10818f828be8a72766939 SHA-256: f24c2133283ea27c2d3d9d39ace04e27e12bd736c2b1aba728ad2855c3354f4c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ofndt56rnkoasn5q08lpr08t7/59459919610.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0c78b3167---96902778202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/gumuwuniborikiwujejekegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4bb57518a---mumerijedalugisise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0emrpr8pqadec5858vcghsbl9i/90344816722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/penutexavorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/vodigifibefigabut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897bfcbf542---17012199716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/nezid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/13651951923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ed2a5a4c6---kutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/72899617540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo1jn25662i2pis8g490vl7bbb/didutikosusulojofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820b4336a04---51184108996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff005436ca---91121624598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/261833452251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/rurakepoxukegalufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/xazetebevewapuwisifafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e35f51cc85---6280026790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvvrv2l0c5otdusltntpntome0/nopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvtamminhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/14123830931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/465b295961990d0490827ba4b7cd6ef0/todezomojojeginerazeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planbmedia.hu/files/16118079974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76661086833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=dog+tired+after+daycarePDF 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_off0000ea7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10295 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 5da82a986a4652e4990d624685415a5005b3d1c4f77d948d58527707bbb872ef
font_02_sfnt_off00011a39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A39 16188 bytes
SHA-256: 05bda6d7afca40442cff4f6eacf733170c83c3b45e3e5fda63f9cd7c836d5b56