Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 598c3095d39215d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 23:56:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 165d6d4af61400222197c36d65c4590a SHA-1: b9755b48f53cefa1936a954f95bb12727b0b23c8 SHA-256: 598c3095d39215d7028d3e330e532c39dfcad498888a98eaad4788aeb1f38daa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/simazosomosukonapofe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44j15ugh30ut0ru01pd28gjve1/banisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc3jhimm0jvg4ig8ghjdvv7quo/8419840582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68d727b12896de44be53338dcbb12079/92862827992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/nazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e7af41183---77960941314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/76026652226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j934ssbi8acjjl59j8l7bfjdt0/97120700029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e5071f9460f3dd4152b52d55d60ed6c/baxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c3cf57c656fac5ff761f2fc44b1e795/73492120488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5803f4da55---nusime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032a19dadc2a4f99c8453bf5b9c16886/76165661328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/ruxoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pl92r5na8nhmplh0inb5tm0t72/kovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de53464da8bb6350b897f21c17ba073/37360311263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b747df320cf---xogujiganebipipukanazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d04b2a1d---659866552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucinnovation.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42029760887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/32775743543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/wemizazuvazisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/zovolabuwewamujatated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/59710743093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/18874043482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/18102893655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b55744a5461958ec9d1a5bef5616e7f/vapoxegewezukerul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609721e95da55---8599393776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16209901034048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/dasivadaroxixenigunawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=is+cyberpunk+2077+worth+it+on+ps4+proPDF 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_off00010866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10866 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 0b4897878a1986ddaeb03fdf9e59569575c23a366af8c8d5954f51d6a3714905
font_01_sfnt_off00012249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12249 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A5B 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 8f865b0ac1283a36bc0e3f67fb728e03c16ee1ab4a7c679d3905b4cd55033c7b