Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 582999764dde2049…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-12 23:44:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8ddda45e9a66c4aa2599cbf7e1048936 SHA-1: c58ba4855d05a677ee297408ce2f87bb0bb47105 SHA-256: 582999764dde20492f1cd2376d20a58ef060c3910b802fca41e10c2cd70ff68b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85vpn0ptpgihr9e40roocqe8nq/lepakenorosedonoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608129f846ae2---doseregekowezogutazuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015697deeb7a07ffeacb85114158651a/33436235276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/gujobabolil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48374d99j9mffbk8u1f08rspe3/72976290963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/92728890826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/71111570273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecde64a6a160c9f9329bf02fc4f06aee/nikodusomobodefomotozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97ec2ff24121f06fc71730a29f6026a5/sekugumipozabosatuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japulapuzofifosetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/11417823937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bda0537cdb---gixemebafogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cifr1ve0h2sk5pgnvme3l2ajo2/31576508787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/bawesupere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d2256543d---44697907020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/86348040815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/wagofeboxisumujope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e542c6d782---9078279749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.malagatour.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopesufukobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/vipokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/zeladipajaposawikaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents//files/mimadoruda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9648ecc4c3---duvuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=digging+by+andre+dubus+pdfPDF 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_off0000f717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF717 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 9a67bd101a99a88ec6fff087fdc9b72f7c63012d56e6438db203d24479b15b9e
font_01_sfnt_off00010f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F95 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 920f6dd11ed97296c42e770869481a9735f813843c2c3e394189c18fc6c338c9
font_02_sfnt_off00013c5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1