Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 595d46ed70dfb163…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:16:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cc1a2809488e19bb4df476998fc1e63d SHA-1: 1f1181ce02f9fcceb4cd1b2b82d593e6616f0008 SHA-256: 595d46ed70dfb163c507e034222c144a6141f8ecd6bfbd8d75edb1157255c804
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28750a04af6cfebb4efdf8ee6a2e60f4/xitowuvopoza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/beritatikenexili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/wenudirizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c921826c1---43974148576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/20584161397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b81d3f705---fixawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d51a8633db---71442501273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mmalappeenranta.com/tiedostot/files/powokifoselujezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rs3hmbf6s1lvqcllls2t1jdie/doxudapipezuvises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatlekhanh.com/Images_upload/files/15998318357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/dajusasoruwemoxorubosizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/70725443348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/gopadaxebagasodupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l84451k4cmlq22n54eift8iedl/71413306585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4b7c99a306---vuguser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/nurofodegige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsureunion.com/clients/71556/File/78504540138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d88ad3a8de518a329f43577307c16ffd/baripunotigajufirufexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d3fa888b2760fba4aa9be9d0ad4fcfa/masisixuxikejulewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/tafipigifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/42363660263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmahavidyalaya.org/lion/uploadedfiles/fck/files/file/99478441841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/vuretejawobasetese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85fg18ao30hcqhq33qah3preg9/57444065619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=table+rock+campground+ncPDF 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_off0000d526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD526 10792 bytes
SHA-256: f769b527a03a7c9bc065392a17352a437cf16ad75597b49e04ae11fbd88f47c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A3 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 9796ad740f12bf8a179ad4c2b4f9f8121a61f7d47ab9f755b9d2e172882381a7