Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 588cc69f2deb80aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:07:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: af281063a3267752e8eee7c43294e810 SHA-1: 9273dfcf2d880dcbd0b14b3ced997dca8d06eb59 SHA-256: 588cc69f2deb80aaae69eaa99a55e68d953a5b111feac995bfa124d60e261949
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious content, likely exploiting user trust through a document lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9875

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://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e58f534c53e7131ee189b080de53ef51/79627975184.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/81365019215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ec2596acf---87531173837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4e445f51ff9e7c0ae806f74384c8d16/folenesozazone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f31851a75e---24179345366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/15887193199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/46806236723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/geniridavisezogosobude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bagivezivumori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/rajanovatasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nols0vea34a49kthankgmg13bt/pixoperunemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/nifirezizagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/50926342238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f396437eb2f---6215005425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704e13342fb---88562563829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i40rnkulnd7c5a4993vdi1135/20785931351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609066c148575---duvezarevijora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/84369873430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161255cf19b462---2851902387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608818e1d6981---43133022027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8807e68e71233b47b9fb72b1bc815180/45867369279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66479807938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/tefipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eprobatdz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36288861666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/sudumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d47fuav67vllupbosl5b36p8hn/72916317116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=food+web+worksheet+docPDF 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_off000115bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012dd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DD4 10360 bytes
SHA-256: c0dd56cfd0196254c8625aedef3bf34d2285e5ee1e9d652672c22d4a82e9fd2e
font_02_sfnt_off0001456b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1456B 21244 bytes
SHA-256: 72b81b004efb74d904885c9609a6ba18fdfee692fea39a46de59b817e389cf6c

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