Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 585e94d2e72e858a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:53:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5401ecf571bc39848f48b955b47890de SHA-1: 25f8d7e18babbbd204e7e139160a1318a587a579 SHA-256: 585e94d2e72e858a27668ce1c5d6551a9971ed75f1f399fee972883fb52b18be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URLs and the high confidence score indicate a malicious document designed to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://twtipa.com/upfile/files/2021/09/13/6071182936.pdf
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/69550757127.pdf
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/8923908315.pdf
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/burexetegudikokowubugo.pdf
    • https://alebusph.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/fibunijabefivem.pdf
    • https://quanghuydulich.vn/img_duhoc/files/dazotujened.pdf
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/63557696129.pdf
    • http://www.enfersalus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makoxikurureduz.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sq5dmepve1blv67e224u9g6li6/84167032279.pdf
    • http://giasuminhtam.com/Images_upload/files/suwobuw.pdf
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/bevokuvebakixefi.pdf
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/59247729733.pdf
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/40829446281.pdf
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/siwenavopumajalasipenon.pdf
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/kixudebowet.pdf
    • http://nriloan.jctoursandtravels.in/files/rutifipadafemevema.pdf
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/84943244312.pdf
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3b5ccb73d---68645279296.pdf
    • http://muaah.ca/userfiles/files/54332903234.pdf
    • http://www.cavice.fi/tiedostot/files/35294094362.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c97ac4cc09---17934311364.pdf
    • https://kakakmanis.com/contents/files/56249846319.pdf
    • http://getvisa.ru/images/File/butej.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=video+editor+for+pc+windows+10+download
    • 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_off0000dce0.bin
08f6d15060b621ab06ec894f9bb899d9ee7757615a9adeea565e3917ca0f1b59
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE0 17504 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a07.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A07 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001221e.bin
62500b3e22f686f7f220ef92897aea3a8b076efc1c908c4f19c4384b1a5674f4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221E 10840 bytes