Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 596d65d1885fbddd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:12:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d94fc6d05624be0ac92e0e17f8d14fc4 SHA-1: d5a63f18eefa9a73df3d478304b1e7886c6bc534 SHA-256: 596d65d1885fbddda88d559d3a72ab284408920425e0d83d42e1c4272ac850a5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded links are designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely a second-stage payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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 http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/dazada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/59148307821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d38799b046---kepugezavivajovekejomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/bowogoxofuwidujoxutozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/daronasagoradiledotumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/janofedatijobegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/32666996322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70b2db6406---jibizujikojuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807f12add4e---62321187175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pandoraecza.com/genelresimler/file/50410004581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/17916030271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8q9cgv9istntdt503obd3me13/kivenazapidarafifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/escmaec9nlucpu1gglqro7t2f7/61816474771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/98032104846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b55f154f07---57432082246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bc0787186---64025814568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/65627681556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e0281f5782ca6ddd8ba8a72c0e0ff34/1113754443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e47ae10f9c---gukafonifusames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856be7904f8---73479238980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/012e68ac80bd87d808f2b030e530694f/91385227646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/58318481447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/16318857946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/soguzafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=jornada+xamanica+sandra+ingerman+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_off0000b983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB983 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d19a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD19A 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 471c1156738c2b7eba3860fbafac55dad0cbd5b050fdfded6182fb3ce8a17f1f
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA9F 15256 bytes
SHA-256: ad3023b94b57556049621209e85d152b3f0c09060dd1dc89cc813ca20cba7099

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