Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 586b608d9f250391…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 02:45:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 81768bd168995d4293fda6380a0109a2 SHA-1: f215826bd9bafaffdfdb81dac2be44624dbc1560 SHA-256: 586b608d9f2503917ffe4c304432752e120b67f6bf9e0d267269e9703a9e73c3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits malicious behavior by acting as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with a high ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded URLs likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=12+to+20+table+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/63673582798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/rukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1bc06aba50---96996447854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/vizupojokarari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damoorefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/71/71c8bb141a0941b69292984b9770a174/File/lojafadezenipupimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b54fd6b44252b65fc2efc525071c46fa/37546030129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kelusikomasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elyriahigh1974.org/clients/0/05/052ab20d644b737728595af1a47b4450/File/kutijiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6657b8039---45145870537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/zopejisedido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a77880cffb9709e0b66151014c23ea/fajafozagunigetota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangquangauto.com/files/zikipobetekomefokodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/fugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4471e018c1---solupigowarorofisetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/23464332679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5b43312c1---gijukevukiwosekixedaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12b4194483f4ebb5d725d0d0e478d3b6/39048495902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/62830722838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab034882f30---10964359008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qft3v6t407ecril97gp718hsk2/fogonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/905b9dfbf302aee387d6ffa255e691a2/9666736229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/vigikilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/totuvukimaxifikudulez.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_off0000c216.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC216 10364 bytes
SHA-256: e1595fb999e376240ea1f7de899c9d65d5087d49c895ab55f5bb7df11ec6e042
font_01_sfnt_off0000d971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD971 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 18a52b4298fe95c0f9e4322bd646fabf23f708c599958d23276f5cb573a66a82
font_02_sfnt_off0001030d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1030D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1