Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 586fdd9828418869…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-01 05:07:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 4ec605b508c4fd90d7eea64dde778267 SHA-1: 0bdc7a7cba5671e9fd3358288127e81a3d524426 SHA-256: 586fdd98284188699fbadc11aca78f001b0ff7f4aab557599c8c2fb0eaefd1f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a malicious site or download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=listado+de+verbos+transitivos+e+intransitivos PDF link annotation
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/25785141757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/vinabemutuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91d0086104163ce7184cd2eb8647d60b/96543540651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7c2i5r26qor5f9q3r58dmoo5/zewigelulebofusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/4822989876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d911897c26d34ba933119acdd11f7f8/rafapevikuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c303ccc7e7e---29019422651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/gawizabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/72230212949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b2913fca2---43657675440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focostrade.com/files/20210703031745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavaecucebrescia.it/file/71681123363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/47202886444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b89af4ae9e---93493780859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgachq1qpni697ce93a38u98ap/22956261015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881b979520c---58494890827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f168ecb97a---livebamoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepatepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/43228290026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/940b5e68455b7b4bfd6db3741bb969d6/87334655616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/47381202254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/7729430108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609272f5267f1---54441950661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a996htt6hgrdub36ai58fniibd/xoxudavenemukodogakan.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_off0000f5f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F0 10360 bytes
SHA-256: a5fa617d34c0ad2bbdbfe0cd4a3502aa1b1b401569c99b138d3215b378e350bb
font_01_sfnt_off00010d77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D77 19080 bytes
SHA-256: 67090d5d22f55ef9610134c531cad07e650a6465679ad06c98e308e1f3cc7bde
font_02_sfnt_off00013e16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1