Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 588659d824c5e6da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:23:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 240fd60708f393cda08c2b431810ebec SHA-1: d41d97f4588b2fcaa3ce7ea3fbf077e027524cbf SHA-256: 588659d824c5e6dae66939e6d5d939749ef7cde608b2ef403bfc0da347ff10cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of multiple links and the use of disposable hosting suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojofejovunitejud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16132de00c---42335218991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/82655009623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/pogivakifire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/74494080791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltf6dbtjodo9qmsejee6j85so1/vukiwezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14695340830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/wotusadululo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e70a56c5db06353c724aed63ec0942e/27743198047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/38995260741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54e37745a55c0fcff09740378ebc0499/xusulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/76422867492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colescastle.com/clients/875019/File/fazuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/33091856216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1755e9c3fe0cb8c6dde9082d95467b6b/jizurelevakewimoromarusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvljr14uf2543212hbebpgfub3/tuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://royal-art.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/79942037251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/mipizesaweragikubanoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca42874239907cea372a04978f5af30f/mobatijasubijixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac3a9176d7---tosukakugobudopawifukiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/775472912d63cca0636dd4be27a4cb18/damibemuzaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/rerigefewexakepiweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb42478f8b8---53904918697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaldizzone.com/userfiles/files/wakojexowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/88719843111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca7abe5d41---89518587416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111a4a356da1---70020062934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dungeon+master%27s+guide+free+pdf+5ePDF 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_off000102bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ad6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AD6 11064 bytes
SHA-256: f2a8b26cf8e580ddb6da322a0174b8baa0c6a32e0a1db4bd6b7fc0df89a7fddf
font_02_sfnt_off00013477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13477 18696 bytes
SHA-256: bab8281b4635cde5313be2048b4f76e6493fbdc660fe3fda2f1299464aab7f25