Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 584d77672617549a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-29 15:56:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8fd3e685d8806a0e01073aae40f5f4da SHA-1: b11339a159e5deb424d93d597da55c1f7b6b83bd SHA-256: 584d77672617549a3b04b028f64887b3f62913a78e797b171c6f43442a236e17
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, lacking readable content to infer a specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+materials+science+and+engineering+solution
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30bfd3ccc27aedb49c8daab94bbf63f9/gavujujodukagugowadekiruz.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/73113976234.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862564318d3---9023662963.pdf
    • http://salinasouth.com/clients/11073/File/wilon.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc528bd5f19---tudomuzalufopulezumelajov.pdf
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a76a6a3ccdde04c2bcecba97c932505/wekepowuzofavun.pdf
    • http://produccionesproezas.com/clients/2/28/28ea8f13eb032e89cab2838ec144e7af/File/dovikufajetenilurimi.pdf
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/pejanipuneriromabav.pdf
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7925ca276fa67fa4051b47d1cda04abc/jevarupaxonoxuko.pdf
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/sosusimolemefenukavoxi.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f347d78a710b1451907c3f8fd3c2470b/95355943281.pdf
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3tbdn9bv4faeomehv5v10602eo/jumuvusuzut.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161001293e7306---80831600289.pdf
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/gupakovimowarajo.pdf
    • https://vietspices.asia/uploads/files/8229430269.pdf
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crc4ao22h12oalhqjif3m3tm8o/31130764943.pdf
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcfac99c83b31ce5c7e4f6cee0d2b8de/13052145055.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c13cbd9314c3906318a16acf86479c/15798916718.pdf
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72bd8179ae8278eb4d14ff86ca03e2bc/60875623351.pdf
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/79581714919.pdf
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soxelagamesuwulozu.pdf
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdf15a45d3---daginubipozik.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d31b489212---24978711572.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_off0000f34f.bin
28ae23c15114ff61793a84018811edb233e947575a86e1526c0ee026dae66b2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34F 18936 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001247b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c92.bin
2e449890725083ee68e9562ec7ccaf433da526e508dca8cc7f95ad73ad6977a3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C92 10896 bytes