Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d597b938b1c0f4fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-27 03:16:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 959fd68057da879de0616ad080d5540f SHA-1: 371f418a5288e259e38c985c858cdf9e6e7657a2 SHA-256: d597b938b1c0f4fa1cde49bd4e0aad6fdf510bf3304af2d98ed9b0b288c66a85
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high ML score and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded URLs and the 'link farm' heuristics suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bcea66e59ea2d40f731b36e2481904c/sobuduguzekegudi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/85640733282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8560b94fd---65800248313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///jotuzupamuwarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b5aae922ba---mubojadepiralid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/kidaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57979691127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147e8b310165---xewuxesebuzonopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfengly.dk/skoleportalen/userfiles/file/wosutimixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/kavafuxisuburesulevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thy-environment.com/userfiles/files/migekarexagevewamumixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/40835057173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/kosafedurugeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smileorganic.net/smileorgfarm/filesupload/File/96144325972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///38937972832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roshnaai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibajofobadijozijoxopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caad4513a9bb404d991e7836765116cc/70982897884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93466efe7c3e3dc7d6bda2791b2b6065/gitigigekituxetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vbond.hk/editor_upload/file/zesuwozufinitexulixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinosteelcode.com/filespath/files/20210914175152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/90638694759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/fumiroguxebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/68475240577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gokenabijibugejemedeluvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/17774798881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/15586954079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badineriwovokisixubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zudiburuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+usb+drivers+for+mobile+phones+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB787 14904 bytes
SHA-256: f56ed0e99829921b4dc56241b9b51496cdf103f78ee19240433849e03430739e
font_01_sfnt_off0000dccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E3 11312 bytes
SHA-256: d653fa6d9b0e5462f809badc942a1cafbebaba210627db6ec24a74be7d072ff8