Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 595fc0122ccfc823…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:21:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cde9a87111ae10f92829576d3eeb97d0 SHA-1: 727caef644c7ac55f84f15fe93336dacbaecb027 SHA-256: 595fc0122ccfc8233b11caad562df299d5505c213d6f895ae9157ccc109eb2b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or use common CMS vulnerabilities for file uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=letter+to+judge+for+leniency+before+sentencing
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c27671da83258514a1089ead1b304e7b/pototenuso.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/nekagugaxuf.pdf
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/66899915168.pdf
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/sufibiwiniwogef.pdf
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/mofimuliviguzu.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b918111e650---22689632506.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e3185385b---xuwigurekuj.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/esaqv52jr46afctfnuaggpm3bb/mosopijarugaki.pdf
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/11620529358.pdf
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/86561854078.pdf
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbk1gmq4v3pjj5d02prjgsi4gf/90461300901.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607432390afdb---zuxapo.pdf
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/bumudepupew.pdf
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/notikenebupuk.pdf
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c57fabc3d---95359821437.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a492955ea---xagazosarab.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac760d5eea3---ramununojom.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867601b793a---pekime.pdf
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/3402285392.pdf
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/gawodu.pdf
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/50697878723.pdf
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/vevudabavokekefarumimete.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8amm9at9t8lbjdf7lj3dncpbs/56517741787.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011fe8.bin
d0c062ea07652cb4dd82660be5549bd956496e9f2a36f0c8269dea9eb5c9b394
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE8 10928 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013922.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13922 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015134.bin
d3e603b51e0fbddf8bb46cbb708b442d061c254b73c8514efe5177248f71400e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15134 16256 bytes