Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 592bc52bdf9f502c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:52:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 333a5eb22302bada6b3ae0dcc6aea7c1 SHA-1: 948c3da3f702f29f1455bbd604ae6c5163567e94 SHA-256: 592bc52bdf9f502c5f2725c9e3fa9afe462cfca2a902affe7991ad6ae5cf43e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple compromised hosting links suggests a coordinated effort to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84+%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8+%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%AE+%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1+%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7+pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c532f9f428ba18da818b4f7cf884247b/84795445516.pdf
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8daf18fc28e34e650ac07ea69f7b4127/jujepufadigadinijelase.pdf
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/73448600098.pdf
    • http://tilestone-pools.com/i/File/94297177086.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f355d9aa7---fadawetezu.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdb64305cb---jisusumamifowi.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cba6943e0---zelefokilajoxekafanojap.pdf
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021081911353774.pdf
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843bb792144c9f2ed6992100a68a1ab0/xumafexolaxukoxusuxinexa.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996bc72ce85---pojunusejexefuwaguk.pdf
    • https://reparation-mobile.net/userfiles/file/xusodapi.pdf
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/29458545379.pdf
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/68489827196.pdf
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milobukikoxo.pdf
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/55806174041.pdf
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6484a7f0d8---98586673786.pdf
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/jofovapovuxiximowumuzob.pdf
    • http://startent.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/97637134257.pdf
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/bukuzesadarogesuzel.pdf
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/degunojodopopulelaterinid.pdf
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/8084768371.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde985357a47da6232ea60544eac2e1e/23072311958.pdf
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7onfdu0r41lkme1g3d9pnodcq/52904582043.pdf
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/desurozaruw.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000d556.bin
2889d2d38257c12a05ab39d528cdc1ab4bd38f8b4d6fcd4bbd3c11ea34449b9d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xD556 23528 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000c178.bin
ab692011bb810b4091e5b6863c1468cc19624005727076e0e42723678ec61724
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC178 9372 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff40.bin
d704a6e802a7821728cd3d6f5ff9cec3ce21770035e7df7a41b36f8ebd00b311
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF40 19100 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011e46.bin
d3acd6aa51171a6342d27e6676db5a1761afdeaf48643caba897518f661d5143
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E46 20304 bytes