Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7590bb670fc3aa70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:10:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ef48a6af80a73c472004285a961c6566 SHA-1: 0863819badf5a2a26615577cc99d365abcc0f146 SHA-256: 7590bb670fc3aa70f3f61ab6d1d1f408d614026b7c78705d85751c6d52e0df6c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or use UTM parameters, suggesting a phishing or spam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guillain+barre+pdf+tratamiento
    • http://bankerz.in/qpic/files/38850443130.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68e66809ae---32829757137.pdf
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3flahpkmuhl3inqtiip4rccbfr/zoxumokalabovulajeg.pdf
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021072015013145.pdf
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609279d46a487---gepogaxosu.pdf
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/49257602151.pdf
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/gadodo.pdf
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83457577509.pdf
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/729274e64327c056cfc8f7ada52811d5/81701567053.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2lff64gflekb7qhhu9brkss06/punene.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariaalbese.eu/userfiles/files/3580282781.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg089mqsvlhshgrrlmk16gtski/nipojewifoginadatozogu.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e003e3427---poruxala.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906995dee30---vasukese.pdf
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/gizajidevumuzejonalaguwip.pdf
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/kabaxidexugikulag.pdf
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/sorojupifenubo.pdf
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetitipivizadano.pdf
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/15122515245.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/rinefisovulo.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdb451c8858c6910ad312b202536d3ff/topixamudelofogogodefunub.pdf
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/depokek.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3317a6cd5a---zakebomusubimubisi.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_off0000c040.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC040 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d852.bin
43f2f48d4dcea125ae98768f64d4ed6301dbe8531f24449ba35fb1ed96b90e62
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD852 17116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000104a3.bin
84e9f06ebe8237ffc565cc5ccc0e770f470df06cddfeb4c8920db8a5db04a4f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A3 10768 bytes