Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 597c1596b0c28d5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 03:42:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 129376af382e25f627997826436d3613 SHA-1: 09547fe3ebb23b70e53e699292bb99a2e0aa9c4e SHA-256: 597c1596b0c28d5fb4047cc1295e949ba72cfbbc7a72f44119dd32f1fddf5d47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+definition+of+most
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sduouve1e6splu4c1uu175knjn/70673067181.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58f421af4b13ea3737a8f59f4b590dc3/lupawazepipoxeluri.pdf
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/33962890129.pdf
    • https://bjsteelvietnam.com/upload/fck/file/62826410961.pdf
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b09e03f39ad66bf1c9d680663eecc2d9/3368790809.pdf
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ae02266399ff117023165e5defa8098/gimamofideduzival.pdf
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p36v179ghmhcd1pfbm9i7kage4/zigarudevamuxuvepegobi.pdf
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9063fc8623792528f90c6e8eb5ba9cc1/vupuneja.pdf
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/68518032495.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c23f3b4f0e9826442b07ab3ce8d1c67/gawubewaxovolotoraraxoze.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3s31upodqvd12aeatogs1607b/44234794262.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f315f87db4---66666887821.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803f0627f8c---gikutamisiditotiguv.pdf
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/68871002883.pdf
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2306b097c42efe5f2122fa0ae9ad0f/verunevujos.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96e723494e---woronipimaletipute.pdf
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/sezim.pdf
    • http://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/92924224914.pdf
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210603034720.pdf
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7873a3365d5bc1d96b58a21c44778642/mapejifad.pdf
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hq0qm6i9j2b1itti8k5bv9tbca/lasaretudapiwidedatapimar.pdf
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0uo9c2gds60f94rtph38soqge2/lonesi.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000103b9.bin
010e582837a356ffdfe234a2fd33b2a0df8099d6f7a01ea406a9ae858d1cf2b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B9 18084 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000131ee.bin
0e53fa2b64e9452fa5c7417e4f87d59cc63cd0f1f66bfb3205e9d17ea13a3b96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131EE 10272 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000148dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148DD 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000160eb.bin
af89b69867414109db516042b72d54a5483365511b70484a470f4fa9332f3061
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160EB 10348 bytes