Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 596c169ed089661f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:28:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 94555944981e00fa43aac3d7cdc543d5 SHA-1: ca95c2a03e4592c31903ea08beccb3e85fa51d58 SHA-256: 596c169ed089661f3cb2504d9b171d90bcf5236b59f5605b7c90f974d94fdc36
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a password-protected archive. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via a deceptive link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://kar360.com/resimler/files/59956993448.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/98540570050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daxitrip.com/basefile/daxitripcom/files/kemavafoxawuwexutokegivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d1b5ddb78---6318869260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/mamakubiwudexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e93ea811392f5b1eee142b9b31803b0c/suberepipigunafedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27469405cdb999fa467c19fec988c71a/vavunekoguwufipuzuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/wezowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b1d86c080---433079779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/tijevufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3bb014ff7761f68c9ff9a753dadca88/98911789640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/xokadolinipagelobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amicalelaique-guyancourt.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7291440331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/40529516590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98824828192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jewfri.kr/files/image/files/zubobiwixegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/709c3df841dae33525de236f64d696cc/75714017338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halanmilk.com/upload/files/muzoleguxekerewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868558d8807---vululatepegowizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c82278ac5e---lepokukovipokazumoxixalez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/10814625751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/gibikamusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bae75e66c453bfc7e0e192d5d427a67/temakejoxuwujoxofexasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/wamidavigotubozideluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=como+gerar+o+curriculo+lattes+em+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_off0000dd10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f522.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF522 20632 bytes
SHA-256: 53f2ca27541ae057873ac0ea422d01dee2fffb4e8c2d2117fbdd3f91c9dace03
font_02_sfnt_off000128a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A4 10992 bytes
SHA-256: e91cb7f1bf3b806445678af23fd8210f743e1314b93208998a9a11a1617c3df1