Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 585dbb62c6b676b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:14:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f213bf75ec137ae00bc6c825830f4c87 SHA-1: e7138ede3684ef21a4beba16ebb778e3bb53256e SHA-256: 585dbb62c6b676b2df373b38463850676b883f735210bf5bec223f50dc027e2c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload sites and other domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nature+of+settlement+geography+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85cae51630---6604896048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a31e87ecd7bf10c53d45d904be051d0d/sofipurexagikasorexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8488784c10---warukopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.me/upload/file/sumataje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0f6c85499---25742321325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jcmimoveis.com/userfiles/file/2064876483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d60583b1115---29950549653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/30501880534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67c7b2ec29b29b86a477184e5c77ae4/71423771441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huh.hu/UserFiles/File/71155440043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/5258216470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/660263066cb8b7215d3f6c0136badd74/tadalatifamore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06cd16c6d5---83929726789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aecvfcom.nrgence.com/upload/userfiles/files/pupuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108139bb44df---14880801763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/814fd75abb69f4bd23cb6f29f06a35a6/wabafuvolifexulofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcff35d74a3---nolafadefegejatavolufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgrs6p30h8tcnvprphhcs17rl3/6524228179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/buvatosetiduxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchofgodinjamaica.org/app/webroot/files/72899581625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/684544e50b1cb680b7c3eb37fc18ba94/vebajixulitovebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raykingcarroll66.com/clients/2/29/292092747e06e0ab09130fa737b110c0/File/jawezoxewomexowumoxiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/96289391015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c82bca3bcc---66130416735.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_off0000e38b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE38B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9D 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 707b0f0776b947036b285f0945e6a23e4702555da9a2691abc067a0090f42d84
font_02_sfnt_off000129aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129AA 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 8e600b9762dba7c43ef92efd8c7c80acfca1a6c8c9e35b36908a91a88dd028ce