Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 628596350ed456aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2c1f6c026f9862d416d44ec82d7b7fd6 SHA-1: bdc8e586875da1d6fbdcf78f61e59b44250d7ad8 SHA-256: 628596350ed456aae5472222327bda10c42a71bc98e9ed9ea0c3913cc56f769a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucc28l5a6nesjnrmf0i1rmoi8q/77970411769.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eeb3f2ffb7---24435737151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/poxagumubumomuvofanoved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbexpertise.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/53661030278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/491362006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ic1q4cnjic1h8jt8a2d96jcarp/jomasudifupuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/dulavasuralejidefojeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/11954777439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743062bb953---53295803363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc679e3e228bf125d57af90ab579250a/19997391783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/369563b04d1b397e287edf6d40436705/10421414482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bobibexiperepovusevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/ketugagisofusalopuvifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867e77d4a69---29252007619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/bopenobepezimewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/7364738437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904743e92d4---neradejerepaxexozokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/rupokixemenuwagopazalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q5r98p87jllc83l892jnjuiio/15667990287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/satufojowagetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/63285867882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118da85791bd---dogurukowokedozujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/17466857551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/38825980188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=let%27s+go+starter+pdf+%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AFPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000b89f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xB89F 19836 bytes
SHA-256: fb6712713a6626cde76334d5622f9ff8b75aff4d833452be0f9b1551fa7cd157
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B2 18408 bytes
SHA-256: 591b5b6478d450f03259d88afb2c5f26bd2defbc547d9578bdc5117669fa8581
font_02_sfnt_off0001088f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088F 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 6be1ed53ed35952afa8cf363273ef0e21d7253fd42250511edb339f001295c9a
font_03_sfnt_off00012248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12248 10424 bytes
SHA-256: f211d572ec6fdda54392460fc2f820696e6931a6f0720f5fdf54495a257d3f44