Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 586203b5f9d3ef32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:36:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2fdadfad621bbedcc66c86b0918ce01f SHA-1: c8cc81b30042620afd64362ebfdf71fa0dfe46f2 SHA-256: 586203b5f9d3ef3260579af7b34b41cc84a99f123fe6363c3f048bfe8bae37ab
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. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF's structure and the presence of external URI heuristics indicate it is likely used as a lure, potentially for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=step+up+2+the+streets+cast
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/lagava.pdf
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210621214344_a0uywo.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608118a13ccff---70590268483.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/def29c953b2fdf858c663c6a5ad62bda/mugigexoziko.pdf
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/77975295252.pdf
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/magagixavu.pdf
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/6925969100.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098938004636---54587574017.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745325ba6a7---36230185908.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64ab0a901a---musuzenofidiv.pdf
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/lewexixikonakal.pdf
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/sowimaruwej.pdf
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/49904389602.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a26cf049b---vijuremeleda.pdf
    • http://gsmontaggi.it/userfiles/files/satipufapexuzifupewiv.pdf
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masijifinojaxow.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a51f39e7045---66132217048.pdf
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/vijivovetez.pdf
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/70595566794.pdf
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/52127311348.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkurnjor8ittiibdn7ij8cbbvt/26689552471.pdf
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7ed4b492d---97184415388.pdf
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/zemuliwixalobutuxave.pdf
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/wuludawajokugedera.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_off0000e4f4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd06.bin
ec9f1f0ad7c37158a3ec32da66efd9c55c2a4f88c883623dcee15ca575860f39
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD06 20332 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013144.bin
cdfd1abe59c18f0e14489dd976b05410838ad564bab5ef95973f5d5a4039d81e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13144 10404 bytes