Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 599e295dc7ee8066…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-26 02:11:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c79ea07a5b2dbe7bdf05b4f75bad0fb3 SHA-1: 005ce4f66a7230a1c1ec88a5afd0106e18614b1b SHA-256: 599e295dc7ee8066d0b6a14575a303e4f3f07080665b333767cc288b319e02af
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload, such as the PDF linked from lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/fitifur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/tudesasitajepisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/melozegixupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/wunoremiminatipezipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/birirugudatekotutaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f391a01c43---zokisuwupixosuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekikalokagamofapate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vlm5gvajf4ug1c85guuhdh4e3/82629398582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/21290343784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/81180122094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g5thfl8tisjsp7b70ktuaf86q/3011953738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/xawuxasexobevoxobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/lisovipiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/1024652860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofogoxekavasavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/tarinamanuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608481815795a---89824391895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/kixodirawibobodiror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904f06edb26---77783630998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/limiwibezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpvubeflsj03uj3kchm53m29br/40632153160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0f01cb29d---81946942352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaldankinh.net/upload/files/kijamuwuxetono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f720176510fe338eb78e2985ac5d3e75/83459888869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e22855d164---99293739787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=is+arris+tm1602+a+router+or+modemPDF 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_off00010218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10218 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 6782a9c8a8abd076f3ef2f71a414a45305d04183748f67a140bcbfa8bc909429
font_01_sfnt_off00012f13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F13 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 9b169d15d2c933c32a34a14d0a98ce2e338402d6595c44a3f414f1aab6cf06ca
font_02_sfnt_off00014808.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14808 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1