Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 596ee4bdb361f531…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-25 00:36:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9a9dc57a622aa4ba717d529b732d4df7 SHA-1: d9a2b8e1ab434abc1c684597d75603a5cb3b08ad SHA-256: 596ee4bdb361f53176fe60b8cc5186bf3fde2ede0a726d1f4960775a40ea9162
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=few+hours+to+go
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/70388698478.pdf
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d237d42af28545b2496db836f8c6778/1381026443.pdf
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/5885406029.pdf
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/liwovepajoru.pdf
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tidukerik.pdf
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74349920957.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d35931d1a---67802856576.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b4f068c49---58831521589.pdf
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1629105260.pdf
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/movifawafemajuzope.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/92993942604.pdf
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pbbdv1cbge8plogp66u4v9i51/72462862189.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d15fd75cc43b6116ee08720f2c864e2/27820130878.pdf
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/65792254293.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f697b78651---93113842398.pdf
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/88443297138.pdf
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/ledososubunapawideda.pdf
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/vomulezabusadinokitoxu.pdf
    • https://vasutaszeneiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogowezopoponopefepemus.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814852a27f5---26198782116.pdf
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buketawozirovumuzew.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk3jllrbnagupnv4r3dsrvm7s8/lefetemit.pdf
    • http://nbc.ua/design/pic/file/tirojedokuzevarelezimumo.pdf
    • http://www.seja.lv/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/nemijejon.pdf
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3208ab34b7---difejabejanidozoto.pdf
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/lojamovezesatiwonexopamus.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_off0000ec54.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC54 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010466.bin
f4ca84d3ef2e1f5f1f952e41cadefcd5422a7fc243ccbcc895cbaad368dc0735
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10466 16816 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012fcd.bin
11405e4ef2f3f41d49bdeabfb95bcefe34092d2adb7340f239000d3027dcd788
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCD 10148 bytes