Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 584aa79d353d78f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

140.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 14:06:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b0e1ec46d349b8218a8a70f2f8da2476 SHA-1: 0d96c967b39936a1d4277ed0808c8250598cc98e SHA-256: 584aa79d353d78f39892aa122fe36dc90b8504269e7b9d51a0613a3dd86d8818
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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://tekstilkentrehber.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vedofanigenujuzovonifiko.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/bawurowibifewodorixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe63eacee23e981e3f8f22cd595f21aa/sometuzolokikomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce1eabbf72---94921585885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b7807ffbb---rusolukuzudazusimanilowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tktrncudn9r2vut090ps1oq3fm/nikazurafasedijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860ea182969---97440936264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baa07a6cd4f5f0a4b91ad405d3571915/71279911426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0ee2hfm08ehtpii0vt0sfgt96/towaguxozupasejivetasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e7ced37bf088a8f98c0aaf02b6bc1bb/patoloseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434379f9138aec0e01f93b147f23806d/ximebelixulobufutuvugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/50993114140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34247731553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k77v2jr73n23074a8hg6l8uk7i/zupogowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3467da9cc418f3924019e271eed045/32535807865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608280c5dbe7e---37804660257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784df31074b---xisago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3961ea4d16---misinilafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d348ca5e7c04483954ae9d3c814100/42177453727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/wotilumolixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lnau0eiu38um4db7u0ln88v63/43602632255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyperasp.net/userfiles/file/dorusivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f07795bea328c74f0cd638002e82d84/biniresimoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+passion+of+the+christ+full+movie+english+subtitlesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001a962.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A962 16068 bytes
SHA-256: 6d636ebcb28a43c11a0b96216d988d0aaa25e428b847d4e039b2a2a6b6e27b6d
font_01_sfnt_off0001be82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BE82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001d699.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D699 11196 bytes
SHA-256: ffd3af8d4e75cd2e31a3223cf475ff1c9531efc82cff39b7f90ebc7e096e6c9e
font_03_sfnt_off0001f07a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F07A 18660 bytes
SHA-256: c19b1b35afbbb557e597475f74a0f3bb374ceb0c8f5ae7fd55d59aada767b546