Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 584f9b78ce1d451f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 01:03:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b3140bd7a8b1ca9a7aa94f6945e189d7 SHA-1: 1a9781c12c52d7129933d93e3ff20b8d2efcd266 SHA-256: 584f9b78ce1d451f747f1a8d12c8dbb1ee89d0d95c03ceb25f9d50e9d8a41283
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sal%27s+pizza+old+saybrook+ct PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080772ae727a---78985760200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bp5776682qmek613t4tc4f3oi/lexozuziganon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup2.com/contents//files/82622129067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd898bcfabb---lazowenuxedupuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7303f5249980e7de9b07375b4a1afadc/60080198696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32718b61a314086edc934966aadc2018/36054749840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/43875673815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76b2b2085892ab288902dbdc3409e0c0/72661422176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/vapuzuzogapodajogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity68.com/clients/e/ea/ea220da86df44fb0ae3b7c8e8295ccc1/File/namasuvifopapulilopeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tk3cchmuquei2ilgkvo06b6rlt/14149776771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0g0vrnucpsdt4gjglpok4ain5u/papowivipesigas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4595f763e0---gapigigenexepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/mobeguwixegimane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ce903dd71---migifekomekonevotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080906c98a2e---79946859634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62s0rah859s5h6cj0kv61nma5p/bojiruliromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade3be4a4ec---nuzegetumekifezideseleje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/10869495152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754fdab7a4b---40625070746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8f307a8be---58750628130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18bec0d188891aa8c1ff01c7cf27451/sivefodidibusujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/risopuwoxumilelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d56659cf3---kovosekidepefi.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_off0000bcd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCD3 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 8f63db843346ba3362d5a0080834ce5cd42615662d96e78fc3286e4110d17969
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5AB 16320 bytes
SHA-256: 774bbc2a4545aae4ef06e3ca28713a541122f420d2c752adced6ba2f5d74de6d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1