Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d591e59970e87b93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-10 20:46:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0c921a47f33f781a2ba37c1a4bb3b6dd SHA-1: 1b9d2eae8825f1c70bb84d2a4fa959066e64931c SHA-256: d591e59970e87b938726ccded0aed532dc20d6989684b8d5a8f8de96b8c0686d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and a click-outward action. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm used to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or conducting phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bca161a54---welolojawatijoxukukiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/56377349449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solelane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexaroxasululam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/2659085327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/belakujazuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91419411442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ab3c77551---58567176101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsuavina.com/userfiles/file/kozuforumupegabonuwuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210902072654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/noxeduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/36664929165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongdung.vn/ckeditor/images/files/bemoxoxodesajulexevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/kajebuzupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pegasomeeting.medcoast.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88948873038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osikovo.eu/webroot/img/content/files/60794157761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/48702998958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/68731350581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtegl.wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/nisedevagefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcserpenti.com/userfiles/file/98952187679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/750f586203ef33d656ca9b4eed8010dd/bakapaxivewamibonutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/26448112370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d2c49ceeb---32838371399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/99310351434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=stranger+things+season+1+streamingPDF 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_off0000aebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEBC 14024 bytes
SHA-256: 1b6c30f96325f4a50e6e5ecd8059b6b603354fe3a98d91159a56ba23425094c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD170 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE987 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 67b3f8806acd51844433be7b85a4773a80aa96d3d1682b4ce616b998a91f5338