Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 589d53e5bce29256…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:29:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e83d4652dce966cc46ec9285b8a23909 SHA-1: 4692fb9573c5cf6a95fb58ce02f68e312805a687 SHA-256: 589d53e5bce29256fc6d2cd1790dabd1cc20b7a2e07c89f05e85f2d8d3f7787f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and URL patterns align with common techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c6f6151e19---bugonidabeme.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/64835944831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaskunstcentrum.nl/images/file/44996170174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/vifajemasoziwotikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021060500022494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11ad5ca5ba71a87457eaaa91d173b59f/fogotobigitotoxekikasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d0ac71008702993150b57748afaa60/rudolavikiguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/33711946823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkinhdoanh247.com/upload/files/17362117778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/96933333467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/mekezakixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/fakopupiwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlikefulproductions.com/clients/875850/File/dusurifigabuxuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayhovietnam.vn/upload/files/30093009081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/vubeliwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875e41f0433---26171613998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldsocialistpartyindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e10ff1e46fe95e68a6a2d58fae0d9c/60350988277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/87332560409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/75000585912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1es4gnju32s1ofj2v0168q4402/tipaxetetevuruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/juwipogitile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/63809654799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35727115077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=combined+decongestive+therapyPDF 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_off0000eb21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010333.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10333 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 33fd94dd7a39d1df55b3a01a2835f2fc84a78c7a25c4812ee253738fe45f8195
font_02_sfnt_off00012df5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF5 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 5661968d26a1efae0712aecc84f431a794d9757f32dc0461b1a6383e7870f789