Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abf58cb15760bd81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:56:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f28ef699e090423046004ca96032bd65 SHA-1: 504fcf32e64e614a75e245c4420bcad7912fe1fc SHA-256: abf58cb15760bd8156afb891a707c32c7baaf40798ab41a7817d89eef398dbc2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly supports this, indicating the PDF's purpose is to redirect users through a series of links. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45485576916.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tilsld7h0k4plhtlrdh3m1pp6/16178831111.pdf
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/87816944667.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcaaa254f3804c147991145aaf061461/bapum.pdf
    • http://autoservizimensi.it/images/fck/file/zedivivixemebakunogo.pdf
    • http://feuerwehr-mittenwalde.de/mediathek/files/xeleb.pdf
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/saxujosadisofisugixevokel.pdf
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/vuwameb.pdf
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/774587a3b8bbbeee5a167f371c206526/94062116923.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a77c01f19---73697097336.pdf
    • http://tugrabilgisayar.net/resimler/files/dedifuxanobukuma.pdf
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/42373465642.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f371ef10f2c2109c2390e092e9b936e/danivomenama.pdf
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612388a7954da---bevemebu.pdf
    • http://koppeika.ru/userfiles/file/xowumugazenelizotolexoz.pdf
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/81880424517.pdf
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62c994c565---wimowubamubasakepir.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611979bc5649f---gitunozi.pdf
    • http://dashoernerboot.de/userfiles/tuvaxezufonamevovajije.pdf
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41292652759.pdf
    • http://peak-experience-europe.com/images/blog//file/73076897191.pdf
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xijewotamusifazula.pdf
    • http://kite-surf.sk/files/8569723038.pdf
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/bekegosezaxevulotanujojo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=fooled+around+and+fell+in+love+piano+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_off0000ef98.bin
8c8a75bbec5f4dfa4ddae24f877008de896e77882ffb45fb3fe004f7223a10bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF98 10368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001070e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f20.bin
21f9948fbefd62e624cc5f430f9f4c8578065708dbbaf050ee93bc49895ea9b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F20 17944 bytes