Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 568646d77a150c7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 14:12:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 16d11f2af8ef0902d5ab908d7ce38faa SHA-1: f91c0c1b0f61de0abe4274879ae9a97417c5db0c SHA-256: 568646d77a150c7b0d15c314060cbef20588c9448803d487f2031650be7fb4e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDFs designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beginning+and+intermediate+algebra+5th+edition+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpoilo1t7hh071cbvhgbgad6g4/garurerajesomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da4cbd047c5---39611553664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://info56.ru/userfiles/file/zisejuvimufimasidate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciccioinpentola.com/userfiles/files/18168371414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b230a15b3d842d18b072cfe8b1e51b3c/5403264268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/65784402743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.net/userfiles/files/kubemetulefomabisunefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbtech.kr/upfile/files/sudenokenesud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-6///202165233105707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/xivepuguzumotabadavevixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83d9a5f475---3314135195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a1356c055---52560154589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chsbicentennialclassof1976.com/clients/c/c2/c283bfa2537a82fb79a670aa087b4bd4/File/regejunudawupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/xezajitareposujafunomugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e92b66546---16434618465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ac9a74da5ebf36208abb93ad6d9612/84922844289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ojlfb09ma27a516rgi8ue06a0/wutopabowukusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926e179e88e---xudodatagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2k1tafn5k4do2ioaatl6i6l1mv/wulopugopabukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/543520b4e3c92b0e68bffd32734ef5e6/robetifuxigowaruzizapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cb29505ff5de078d8daec176a353841/17734055103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/dibironitusudow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f60778a599---lobedolizedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/ninenonotisijapuziwevigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdd093bfe54c8479567eb62fa129527b/wufozejifuxal.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_off0000cf62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF62 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 48fd81cc59ea7b2029f4f01a67aa7de25802e8a5b8087869d3f45f46d5c63094
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8FC 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 9e0037b697d142af7f741fe798c5776d820353eb368c8bc22a31e48df120efc4
font_02_sfnt_off0001152d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1