Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 506d5815063e2a2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 12:38:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 596abedac1c5a90e81de510e3826bb0f SHA-1: 39f63236c217b2e57cdb4fff6ff3e55d09b1b457 SHA-256: 506d5815063e2a2d9dc8b279d175997e70f0aa39b6c1bab4ca66c3a22ec63e84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document's primary purpose is to host a collection of links, potentially for SEO manipulation or to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://petersonspann.com/clients/3/32/32c4b2f41fa698b5b938e848169c8dcb/File/kozowedatevufer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxifaketovasanuguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608820e2944b2---31229320388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/54220439538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukudapipivafegasazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2a1b10495---93229059536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607335d44626c---52804314393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/27383046729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lv0rbceu96628sig7ad1ut3qou/zelili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///43756856244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/76291198066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lusagroup.mobi/images/website/user/files/fenumujojulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/2593803593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f33cd870bd1---35572301409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/90772607836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8badedab7---99121122437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4733a8b1d04fa20a4db41135fd2a2f1e/67238394255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d4353a832---matimorulaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88e2beb451---42163006274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/lagivapemevilajuziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38924425585d9a38e3c804e104ff20c7/4809079016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210614225439886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4df450c23c8c108ce16047ed6f2abece/60666430955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=alcohol+and+blood+clots+in+legPDF 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_off0000ede6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE6 16492 bytes
SHA-256: a83aeddc0995398f3f5fc5a5ed33da8772f42f1e3c7a228b1d95ff569eb1a7d8
font_01_sfnt_off0001189f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1189F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B6 10672 bytes
SHA-256: cb7368f0586e77e7555cbcacb06d6a1ec05110c3171c5087e25570785718c76a