Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 588608430998bb6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-22 14:07:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d18e5b5d148cd9ba7f483c1fbc194411 SHA-1: 036a0f0fa75f2c23dc9595b4ae85cf6909d15001 SHA-256: 588608430998bb6cc241cd7c2522c3ce07972f04c74daca1683c5cb5efad7ac0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files, many hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to leverage legitimate-looking infrastructure for malicious hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://pindimana.in/uploads/file/fukefasuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/jeminezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/zaxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/12448400882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://welltowork.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1942fbe470956f66f018d295245f92d6/34466017028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elm3rad.com/file/69620104826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2f635636e7---wadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84509899824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/welitatebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ef3a466ba---24661531063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2286bbed42---99465953043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/zipivenidobafalebewarojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0616fsd95n8jo3bq8l4atv8qpt/tuwalokafula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608164a9ea828---rizaxukuzemojopinodulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eaf486bcd4---ferijefabexemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/nonidinaxefazaperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/951b77b57078b5418eaee1449517d897/deloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c93126537e---78978561377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/kevedikodezojutilivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b72badc15---tifuvokolepajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acf744318d---70235464913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705498f28c3---956044138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/47588564742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985ab6026c7---20865041792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=magnetoresistance+in+semiconductorPDF 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_off0000e9f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F9 10760 bytes
SHA-256: ddeeb1e306d72511193ae81ab7a1a9626c65083fe3a1776adb7e5c85db8df320
font_01_sfnt_off00010286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10286 20016 bytes
SHA-256: d3aced3d2f341dd99e7afb4fc62c3c2e9010cade5e8aea8a8fc76766d19e5eae
font_02_sfnt_off000137a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1