Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 589b9b0359e2cdcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:22:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 00899bb23697a29d83d76874c7679c19 SHA-1: 7a745cda4aeddabf9583fc54e03dd3da33ee0750 SHA-256: 589b9b0359e2cdcdc92d2dcca55d045d9fc937dfbd3412aa0cd967109cae6029
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb26acbbc912912ba188cafc91b9f37/gavixazunawabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/bulonanokazafazitakuwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/venepifozavoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/xosuraxoxunoxomironugado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210627111535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/8534638729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebf10c2be4cbe5dec44a725bb842b9ba/11360976392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03651c7159---larok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/sosaxipepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dk21bkccqufbop659i3q4rpd4/57001392713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/19331386427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077da80944b1---11853788710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8555d7f3a---xanubesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/246e568fe69d9c1b80c8d61be885bc9c/25576164648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6c73903af---xufil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/58247767879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/91052348729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e268a247917a0adfcf8696e141edb0/79911546517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humboldthighclassof79.com/clients/1/19/19f040aad945c40a0acbd79abd3dc6cb/File/32329819574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f8a9d5ed6215e3d69c9d83d99a3d58e/96754320431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756d3563300---korudajopifutemupuxosepat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/fapopifowakakanufusopeluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1a8dc94e6---bakabaperibepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607370bab30ed---53976297962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/suzepugadikutunigupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csuvs5ej75e1n0pa2kqm68i8j3/60331260008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3fc0cff46fc81b9365613f9861a2be0/47578705989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/47853602771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=non+directional+t+testPDF 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_off00013f2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F2D 18728 bytes
SHA-256: 9a45f2ad2b0ceee6d7b0dbcd044c327e2d61692611036850416364f157b09538
font_01_sfnt_off00016f5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F5C 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 44958ff1c42867b8a3928fea474bfbc26efe723750c19a4f0707d0f9b13cd98f
font_02_sfnt_off000186cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x186CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1