Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b598fdec8bb981d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:35:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9f9ed5e3c02805cd4f9edf6dd5c522e2 SHA-1: 1077e39087b14f0bfd8699965c3d9aa2bad25efc SHA-256: b598fdec8bb981d314b74418192cd55cb36c6149181eb7948cbd85ca67d9e8b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a deceptive user interaction pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://villadorottya.hu/uploads/frontend/files/30603313079.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1vlvn1hjn2ks81dbqipusngt4/gusozevefogariguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/72401213755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/67498187698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xafefigiborozikusamanuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720b0d53b9b---pewiwerumom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52ucthq65brlp39lduaae5i95u/wobejoboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/kefixigizizokawedovawusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pituxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce0a740d9f---wejoleboxopasodokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/42372326992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0856563001621864479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/jonobozasamonar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce577a6941ec026e0eb3b56b30939604/tamukibojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad70a0024e39be8bd989b32676d24c8f/10121544845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/zanejitixome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9090507b8---91303450719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9de9096e6c---84732655898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozezatomobokipakodemeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/76871403248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/geh4po1a9pdpcslr9q9feeo6r5/44256179527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlkscholarshipsmilwaukee.org/clients/f/f0/f021f13c5c598389be7e913a1ae626ff/File/17356592471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/bubigexorusejuzolazawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=prepositions+of+time+and+place+exercises+with+answersPDF 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_off0000f259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF259 11076 bytes
SHA-256: aee30c47246a1516ff9cacbde50e3bbecc4f9f69545bf519cb131566b34d63a0
font_01_sfnt_off00010c04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12416 17296 bytes
SHA-256: f890423731809b122e4a7af496f8522f873cc0c4515a9776d8f3fafa5a4b770d