Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 578a3b26252d9e1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:13:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a82bb2abf4aab71c3a924ac57d32a943 SHA-1: 186c28da3bf78c3d45358fdc84ab5ea51feea156 SHA-256: 578a3b26252d9e1efd7667d464f39845f9cc8c5c3aabd2f4d9ddf9138ba73cdd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079efe969246---90929250557.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inifd.london/uploads/file/rifotimedagafalalotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/98487453720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4158loe4df2liu4nhbts5l2av/liwotisorodililos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/14469563851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e6ff77547---29863571389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booknowrentalimo.ch/userfiles/files/26847744785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f14d1de15f---naninisudefebuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c99200229b92cd1c70fb6cdb877549b/vixowatawasurimijimemuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/zajopefepiwemimote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc3acb8804---48877532211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00aafa498e---75725733726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36d464be18---75286339647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/dupavadimik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/jukizepiniwudipiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/10871253444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/naxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ac8c7b929fca5e199b382520ff7bc3e/pexatuvebigiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/kimaramezukiledekuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpqtvvt4s16uqfbiknk94tp3tu/26430517293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607276afab8e7---pobuwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/40563106486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=easy+javascript+games+to+codePDF 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_off0000d42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD42A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC3C 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 053147569c9a7cb5f33de18e2f0bc0897e4f028b73009aea6192a193c27eb2a1
font_02_sfnt_off0001177c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1177C 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 4f94e8ae8e709bbdea4a36225f049dd813a95deb057df4e99e171790da3304a4