Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 572dd63129cbf688…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:10:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6ac150b7b3e24b8aedbdb86d8fddc220 SHA-1: 610ea4dadb7ca422e70e6dd05bad1d891e89dde0 SHA-256: 572dd63129cbf6883fb606a06e3b9484cf1027d2cc5d2a1db092014256c48574
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing lure, likely intended to lead users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9704

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=eseu+despre+om+ernst+cassirer+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/werupisabarixefadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/bavubatezama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ff4e3595c---12455798117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjc-dev.com/userfiles/file/gowugelozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd2107dea3f---gujalupejamanezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/68390481973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b322fe51b7f4828bbac7bb895c1129cf/xusategivufagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o599da4hfujf1bc9k3mejikvce/mufebamoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phublejobd0vfpg7vo10sq0m67/94695645598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6e658497a---41176665353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/966948081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fbn8917v3m768u3ujds0meri1/13085305590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juditphotography.com/picture/userfiles/file/57997379186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/murepironipelunifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4240f18a92---nubodikomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be085db8d44---70838054312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54a7c30bc671b2ca4dc8fb90443905ca/gugokuxolimipufata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/us7sl865pi0va6hkog64qn4qf2/pulexorogamowigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc102d74d5---zadosapofepisenifiloziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83476806006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c24266ad39485e05721f87fdd0cc2ce8/32083984436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/zisabagafagedakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/xugoputujezepivonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73030690808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/lavapelevavusopisod.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000ee75.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xEE75 20968 bytes
SHA-256: 0ed6a509acb0f97d96e93fa0acf48af57c58d91d2fb203b08e92e758c35ea3d4
font_01_sfnt_off00011233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11233 10816 bytes
SHA-256: db8f2e566f5b60357102698a7d9bdd64c8ee06d2c3a5ab017548c495086d5616
font_02_sfnt_off00012b22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B22 22360 bytes
SHA-256: 0d34c8939d6135f18fe96cb98eb4e8e07ddfae503a18d3b292140975a6ed3740
font_03_sfnt_off00016166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16166 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1