Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 592291665956e5fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:04:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 56b4ed75c87e95ab64dcd15c68ac4932 SHA-1: b8ada96802e51235dc8b3890c36e3d3ecb3e3005 SHA-256: 592291665956e5fb75941c92c9903a47204cc286aa8b956dd6b506de62fcc712
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute malicious payloads or conduct phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=turkey+ham+and+cheese+sandwich+calories PDF link annotation
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b587fcb6f1---jejugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyadvisersaustralia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5b08024f325b416a4de8e2e7ae56f5/vanolapiragulani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/5311335362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/16195319849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/88711492307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/46265211843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/40453628186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5e044ba94be20012c6760466e3bddc7/puxexogewifas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/gewolorexekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978dfc3a1327b164fffbab746e6fd1f3/57739337875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080442719e94---jajiwivarari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hg7320sbi3hvps7ufkr1h5i03/sasivebafenezufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/544612a3b8e9fb3aa5e35019733e5aa7/94388950118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd4830c058---dalanalovevajosobakolimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607879141867d---81850376923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b94391eb6bf37b28d3a001042e85a587/71782740644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3a214a507---tuteziruwikasegimoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff076708c1---lisemapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/suliluvekofakirez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2l3a3c1m160r6ituutrga36p6/gilotinatekebojipaxobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b015c76dcca---xevulesajajevumonuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanphamhanquocymy.com/uploads/files/81514739474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a0db4949d---kozusovevemukuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omt7o6ondt9dq45ggiu5vagor9/16163013115.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_off0000f255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6C 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 03f880a665e69c8e2b275c230ec82ef5e14cd04307ecc893fa7f2a341345312e
font_02_sfnt_off0001237a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237A 18252 bytes
SHA-256: 774e419a655078a06611d716f983e1fdc8e890d34a4199331cf44f06a1215390