Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 578ba5e6c8f7c431…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:54:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 06cb09413c3d721d721732ca4058bf2e SHA-1: f3e9f9c6e828f6ad3a42b72f4bc86a7e5ad4b801 SHA-256: 578ba5e6c8f7c431a11307acd35314ef0e18552c4170d28ba820cecda95e597b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggest a link farm designed to obscure the final destination and potentially host further malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+offline+world+atlas+download+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607728239fdd2---pamokodokawozefelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7sqa79hdh2mep68dqnccphjqom/dejazisijogeruxorenexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16f9ee2320---22865785378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvnifv09ij6obent9hns5um9ud/wabewoguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703bf268f54---84223119699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be24edb88ed---65149899942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66238027145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/vonazosefavupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjrvrhc6i59fk2lpcvpfk43uli/lakajizoboripijugebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/bazipujunexebarikadifinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d55e9c74d663f6bb60e98b3428e256c/21774267898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/vexolomebiruzigipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/797de1eaa34eacf082c4a407d2fd4e84/gofemowizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0881017ef311a95f23ea73038c8014/motupupoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/pefafixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c3e3bc45882e125ef79f10a7ae428f/joraka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83136084747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98162626cb---gixuwowolalegimovidosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751a5b9a695---wakenefuwimisowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/40875844822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jbdc7t0ktqjurs1ra8jfp2ehp/41544123819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db8136d27a---xilebunomoderasaxaja.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
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8A 17540 bytes
SHA-256: b603b4b695c3a117f192c828ac8173f4f32c70535cd37cb1f3a58b5470d577b9
font_01_sfnt_off00011def.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DEF 16568 bytes
SHA-256: de5241bed6a572fccefbb598a83b9b6dece47472ec7be09629e5cb11b15663dd
font_02_sfnt_off00013504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13504 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 8d37cd2512afa893a6d64a997ebef078e3e53fe26351f8cb16154f90723539b3
font_03_sfnt_off00014da3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1