Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 589f0d971b0f7d6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:57:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: bb316e3cc3710c42b2de69e4844a7855 SHA-1: 3973ead0cf102c9ca70233815e09e92c8bf3375e SHA-256: 589f0d971b0f7d6e7f1c40327e632b32818c58a2915163ff6748f76745cfc6e6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to exploit users via malicious redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calcarea+carbonica+for+hair+regrowth PDF link annotation
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3e7e7f016d---37089147540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9a44b0f7f8b007b9c3dc4389ad9fba6/42601211171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4b0ae808ae77d7d2c1e8d124f04875e/pinapafugazawibituxafeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2200c557b---rilefujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/totukepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1405b2e8e178c2666f3e037126ae20fa/65533373261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/xakuzapanojejesuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17805j4ofqkf0ahr9o382urod4/62365033940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiketilijofubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/56481511161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2609099cf6---masiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/julibina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/78306238546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dffb975502---mumobirejatofajozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19c4004755---zisapufinabodikururaxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781e6258abf---bexivujefojakujejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/45356102439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/bakafiwerixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/335a20241288e95e47e5c3a3f832ec15/kukogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d415b94a4c---xorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3fa4fdbc52---62394054673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/11007723698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818fb06cf6e---revulatovopojamobesalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/mutesimanudepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000efbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 07747f718ec022925d0b2a001e92809693a3eea112a31b07dfb1f15834682b2c
font_01_sfnt_off00011b58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001336f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1336F 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 914251a0e5e7fa4b736faab707cc40a2c0222702ce7a4d0dbdd64c7fa1ca1385