Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0595d0296fc96f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 20:45:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0348b73647edcade3ff3493bebd2de52 SHA-1: d65bf7fd40543a967dd267d3dd76404c32a741e3 SHA-256: d0595d0296fc96f9cbaab73792a6b875eced869803811dea1621f1a61154d1b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=java+check+string+in+list
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfru43or4l41lgqb5cl2dflivg/79725743530.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7occu0rsbl5dshgrssmlhnqe7q/74340661386.pdf
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/xokik.pdf
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/seratujivapifotajisomeki.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ba9702e741d90c9ad75154fbce5f46/duxupaxenok.pdf
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/kubusosanirum.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3581919800---limenuwaxe.pdf
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5388b8a8a8---12867322979.pdf
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/17759629299.pdf
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/1620947308899891904.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd64f06a409---rakutizunuxulu.pdf
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6ea102812388d88d82cfe47aff1242a/33397499545.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6c9e43eoot56upni06or22eq0/45333612660.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81521a6098d6956aa528409699bf2043/jumuxodimetarurid.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a4ca04342---pegamaperaxo.pdf
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/62231620798.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891ddb26673---gumefevijenevudokekiputez.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6db8271cf---boxivejud.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2889c4f65e---55885385350.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c220c485ba20d3bc4c8a0f88dc70a3e9/jewos.pdf
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/85378878966.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_off0000f4d3.bin
93ee06590079bc5d4d8e1bedaac6d673058538be86d5283cf597a33292740beb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D3 17116 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121ce.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139e5.bin
d53db7ce5bef0d2612cea3806b2d33fc35d610ea14d82126c5aa359bd1bbcd66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E5 10540 bytes