Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 593c716fe0b461e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: abf4a3c102b46386654419659eed126c SHA-1: e23f17498e57ac7ce1ae04f6880b4efbd93cc8a7 SHA-256: 593c716fe0b461e7168bbd461dd0cf5e642ff02c271b490fdd826b07d5c90899
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure, being image-heavy with minimal text, further supports its use as a deceptive lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepizebasuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hawkseyetravels.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jidavexejixatezegareresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/biravosekulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c9ee858fb---remetarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddb26cba901d626bd94e8efd1133ab77/25767335623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdbbe0324a---jamonujitorul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/62201894011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/gedinapatirexibivikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/64421690192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100c91f4a4ff---perere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powozikawuwuzaberojavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba786f08eea---95616104458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28865222501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608219a7278f5---80465293705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210603203122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njm8dr87t2bl6mlguptl217gvh/7733188757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/53138758746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/62590566367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210817000838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38isqlv3g9pp1bhdrub54l1qm4/nifazezixozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082038470525---76019798638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/zixari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/43557610771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=harvard+business+review+emotional+intelligence+collection+pdfPDF 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_off0000b59f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB59F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDB1 14224 bytes
SHA-256: 75212e8f6be27deb0e28b6e1ad15a823ee696109695541ed17d43de3544cd72e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF087 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 53519a1544b3d55f99ed9b235e13383a01db3a2275ee95c259e982c921b9b8a1