Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d588e909af4cc8fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:02:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 139200bffe3857105dfbd2e0fca23978 SHA-1: 1acb7a338fab0a60dca1d67f31eaf6e2c642e059 SHA-256: d588e909af4cc8fb76eec0f65c9dfd1120afe853f79030de0f16e54ff0b05a41
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms points towards an effort to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cool+acronyms+for+teams PDF link annotation
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/wiwosumixekimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/1736016532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/3885752793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924430cdd56---2199031717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundaia.ru/userfiles/file/jisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/sinedezalebagulopuxikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8082668688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/1006246395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/xudemuminokugikexogofar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3bd3a0603---fazudovodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc920ff0f2e---xuzebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/muneseluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfd10b3408---najubevarazuzuzizire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/17951583939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beymersan.org/upload/files/66724578237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/setb8ttdl4gekh6941c1s4qo30/jikagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2aa91d18eb---dolibojafikegejola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e8b53f2d77a2ba6fdc48e8b8d14ec3d/finoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c19faeb2d---borog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ba9702e741d90c9ad75154fbce5f46/duxupaxenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfcf97f3b9---tapanokozedogurur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9529f86f0f---kuparimagevasirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/18678344152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62504d7361d6960075b06144c0888013/87558670890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d4b8d44c---41222131439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011f26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F26 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 9d7ba88d28bec76ae1795686a3f1228570c7fefe73b8191a04773b622dc9f7c6
font_01_sfnt_off00013748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13748 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 368ad0250169386a3f849377f67f35cf9af900e36aa2505e510d184222208a7f
font_02_sfnt_off000167eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167EB 1728 bytes
SHA-256: 3e54697433f258519e59b5d4193970bd3702f67e639bb31f2dfcde737eb7fc9e
font_03_sfnt_off00017018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17018 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1