Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 604d58c0a1ab7199…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:56:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5dbbd76a59fb504c9a0885ee34d5e570 SHA-1: d028e47da982e766a7228fdea1d9402004e61c46 SHA-256: 604d58c0a1ab7199375a475f5ca9b13177bcf8904ae297a4e0e3530dff1312d5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings related to link farms and compromised CMS uploads point towards an attack pattern focused on directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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
  • 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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=network+security+private+communication+in+a+public+world+pdf+download
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/220056193568.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b7ec0be5e---dexulasetesa.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6e49911feb5828937215801a75b2071/pimixezefovil.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b61fe89d61a73044cda7117ee9c26270/velefaxipituge.pdf
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/86138205180.pdf
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9e6ed6v5m6hfai36rkj0ud86/90523044625.pdf
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdde428b7c357fe6071700547d2ba9c4/40762324039.pdf
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/50710829804.pdf
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210527_193531.pdf
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/29358343609.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/10647132526.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/86944257426.pdf
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/vekalosojovel.pdf
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/togubimarinesukaja.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa1da73bc6---38624599937.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20d4d64308---41931306638.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/735add14fc83ad868cb05ee25cfb5a96/94296926813.pdf
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150128_123943.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8d0cc68a9---25051807872.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df216ef691c0ae217f4835d0cbacec39/vuwuriteladaripujep.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794be13d977---66960444072.pdf
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086330124bcd---50868506671.pdf
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/93979930055.pdf
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50c12954161edeeaa234c24744684ca7/74531745110.pdf
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/9727382529.pdf
    • http://mdfgiare.com/upload/files/72564707917.pdf
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/17347525607.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_off0000f211.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF211 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a28.bin
635376ddd24176b1a01bd13350e7acaa0d10fbb3bd3cda5a46d0b3679a3e6c5b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A28 11356 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124cc.bin
41ef4c5c81a44d22c5f5cc7a10003267b646c71bad0d491dda556edf513c379a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124CC 17168 bytes