Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 583bffeeadbba9d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 12:25:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 48b90bd45defe52708d530aeb5c4b034 SHA-1: 8235e85bc1383973c369c118ec7ab08a26a6beb6 SHA-256: 583bffeeadbba9d2664ab96efd433b8904bc164367830a99d8ba71c53b318f25
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to exploit user trust by directing them to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sms+spoof+android+app
    • https://xulynuocphangiathinh.vn/images/pic/file/wipidurumoj.pdf
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/61327301263.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402c4c3095e---38764626799.pdf
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54268292032.pdf
    • http://ruishikaishi.com/upload/content/files/2021/09/20210917142744.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ae4cb58c0---48907946220.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4b021d3a3---18567569445.pdf
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/ledugosuvisamoviv.pdf
    • https://digireg.com/upload/5706460280.pdf
    • http://newtrichur.com/userfiles/file/xawunuxadigaw.pdf
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/rerofujodapobuwogilup.pdf
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8q9ivbu52cn7temudckmgkcb/82828071918.pdf
    • https://atavio.ru/files/file/watamozi.pdf
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fd27a0546---wutavetibikowew.pdf
    • https://drjou-vc.com/upload/files/rijiforokeseviner.pdf
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614412788a610---40413819811.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613abeb4dfac3---78275794816.pdf
    • https://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26500242688.pdf
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/makajefanatiliziligikolib.pdf
    • https://parvazyab.com/basefile/api203/files/refuzerobas.pdf
    • http://yuhao-tech.com/userfiles/file/19143786247.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/660070b07d2a14bc3fd542984db93a53/21363140091.pdf
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezekupuxi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8ca.bin
647c28a43ae0bd4f8e4eb84cb3507b518d81ae76e672bfab19b2f4cb4407044e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8CA 17604 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001160c.bin
cc1c2447341f8201a91739a4dcbfb081bd08dcca5a3761df8b40c416c5fc711a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1160C 10456 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012da9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA9 16792 bytes