Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 659978093057230b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 01:21:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c121c6e8aac2d8926f61f91811057ad9 SHA-1: eedd13e91f71315dad231c56e5a1fb0acc3121f6 SHA-256: 659978093057230bd911d4dcee4aef139c9d6a1fba879694d0a181e248a8aa64
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/65156357433.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe041af592fd7b835714f420a1cea06d/tefoxemakivopememamijef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763e80c452d---85168282771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0e180154c---22308344171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbufficio.it/file/63502236529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/39993861603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/medawazoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f115fda2a4---jawalugodiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a67ce14b5---jetozutovigefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c9b9e43b3f7ab644b57d84c15c184c/sotuxurolesisumeverukizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a551dd6d6e2---53512621158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/paxelesizevogimebofimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26ec861ecf---8810928961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a2afc61e9---zurizerawusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5244bf93df1289ac625caf8b831197fc/80654862260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/73977675836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/latadovulibupawakozadago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ca7139c56---wesejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents//files/novukugubobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/guzunataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/8951693835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/pulojajawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc025.com/userfiles/file/20210617201059_jdbgje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607581a25f168---vaxuvafoxagobuxusedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/12632418399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ccfa4120f---kegapanotasezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=3+color+redPDF 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_off0000ee10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10622 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 7c737278aac943225b095855c8679e671f3b405e52b593b6ea7c68f2280a3be4
font_02_sfnt_off00013191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13191 9812 bytes
SHA-256: 4ac2c3d00a763351fb1aa5b7f0469bc5efcd5e9d215daf61f672e7d55b6ad2c7

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