Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 583af4a5b9bf10a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:01:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 911ec443c0ab96a163c75e9c641de098 SHA-1: 984bb4f5d91e914322d8f3ec27ba26130e5db444 SHA-256: 583af4a5b9bf10a4b31135bb9ab9f5aaf21c775a57f3d077bd3fafc98613b786
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which appear to be part of a link farm designed to host further malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a strong attempt to distribute malware through these external resources. The file's structure and the nature of the URLs suggest it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oath+of+office+tagalog PDF link annotation
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab5914b18adade70f17b2fda36f37d34/tufiviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowik.pl/upload/71765601179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio2.com/contents//files/nudopiwegamobawenufonab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3490320054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/najalaforimalibafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f050f95f46---32296683439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/bexakoduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7641bce7928035c4fb483150d94c98/65546577024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jagufovumagusine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/33855509115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhsclassof64.com/clients/b/b2/b21d6454c74b38f294a67049e63db9d7/File/66550901453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/663a4b9a0763c9484d75d305c57248c5/36390949692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/898l2bpdo2hpeltks80u9ol5j7/14859000856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8367bb2a3---gofixepafijosotuvamek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3cd1c3ef49bafa8dec17bedccff811b/48487432970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0a373641e---vegitiperogibisiwexili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b35ac77cbde637e4616ca8271039e010/xefaxifutajavivudujuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/varufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608010dc0d69b---tinukifusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/23067383276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/pelemipowolafadazasobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d520b736e46f8ab5c38a705ffe5f78/84587256458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/bowemuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c217808348---56670187472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovery99.com/userfiles/file/relupakezepubonegibaz.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_off0000d0d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D0 16152 bytes
SHA-256: 1751bed8ee5f4bc3b733913b3853beda5f609f7d6508db1fd193006fa76c7184
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011296.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11296 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 665c86152e5bdfb8c96c96ca2bf7641387c21f71c130ee2e0adbe6631434d8f4