Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 586a210b0055704a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:30:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 59e45af1ae0b342267d48c5af575bab3 SHA-1: 4011408fd940424dc1b3bb42ed02c720a0401d4e SHA-256: 586a210b0055704acfb31b924f3d0086fba8069bbdb1e72a7fea0639098040cc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations or other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The primary function appears to be a link farm designed to leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/90568012136.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdg93vc40072pqcn8017i6bo3m/41801076581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5adb9113b---bejowakupojunajubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/33879495781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizavacanze.com/userfiles/files/megorolarebuzuresivipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66bdcabd4c---74683324383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/65651746557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba7b30151e1090607d0b2ad5ab318c0d/biwobewetasipukonaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://felixefontesadvogados.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41214601444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb7f970418cfb6e9316575642d06e4d6/disibotijekuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071caa82d937---notok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee061767bfc8b9cd8be4e6572f1396d4/vituxexeduzosaruloda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc756144dc53a939017556798c0dacbe/31148363737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/xupefebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motiv8workout.com/up/files/talutodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/pipikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/mekuwawido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/87813218501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrocare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13410790461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bor-diing.com/upload/files/kotofafosijimifupazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e48954ef051---pegovasidowemojavasozodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/22825915329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kv9k1ch12t5sjkun5a7qh6da6/26864691565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=vaillant+vrt+330+user+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6F7 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 0344da5cda8b576d472d3950f76efdfdec284b6f969d26c2a14409b752b0889a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE410 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC27 10580 bytes
SHA-256: b7d90b2041ee84dffd4f38bfdfc8ac20f32b4f7e87b00407362e807301e426d4