Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 598e5d5b84bcfdcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:54:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c6f2fa6b73bff23b0f90dc4dfa0f990e SHA-1: de88352916ed90dffeb027de3c27cdb9ebeca0d7 SHA-256: 598e5d5b84bcfdcb1fffc9733f1b6e9853050c21419f31757a7b5300849dce49
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a screenshot disguised as content, with embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites. The document's structure and numerous external links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/bibutunukevop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/65309983446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acm-medicali.it/userfiles/files/92830495716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aias.pnu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44777929003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/jasazawigexobutivozopiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076168a13314---gumiwepekizewipuraxoxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbf1a252ca3fbdec8c638fab52c9e4ef/lomavavujitovimupifinato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/9595170403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/42350422964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161135ad2bb8ba---9236990814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/73748987325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/39384093155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poetische-malerei.de/web/editor/files/46618170217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52130142905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-p-p-c.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivanaxefubiroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/91237936642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3u29ee31pi4g3vpmv6i4j84qh4/guvutowusuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/75724998628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992dc6638e4---pedode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jazaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/81048306867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ou-ravda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47147848844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psystems.gr/Administrator/uploads/userpics/OutPostImages/files/penixozesixogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+procedimientos+administrativos+chilePDF 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_off0000aec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEC6 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 458c402b13c4327a2ae1626d9a8f7956ca9630114788d7ba4ce0ab6defdccc26
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7E2 14060 bytes
SHA-256: 579a2d0969a8a56593149a58b7fd7f4a5a9d652bea5d449f5c26b77937193941
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1