Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e598deb7450c3471…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:16:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 81cf8e9af40de73690ec2c646efb2889 SHA-1: 223e4461b78c8ad41c5feb805ee1ddd8bf224ab3 SHA-256: e598deb7450c34713a2d56bf9d982d9213f8998f719dae2c637e2a113e70c53b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains and compromised CMS uploads, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+manual+slr+film+camera PDF link annotation
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/rilofixuxufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/85225609660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/gejexaval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/pituturezatewamubetamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/35920527011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuyothuyluc.vn/webroot/img/files/razaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/27089556947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6700a7a90b21c9464595c02f6643652b/boseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/vejejakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/33145642142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/vajibitenumamalukone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8a9731d6ad38b2ec0a38c7d29c5697/89939142644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/76188572499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xizipimoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07ae6ad835---31873649166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/34638931351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2dcd2f19af---xovifilukufimadozipabis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/66185566411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/wirexupajuwejiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/2706740021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/6119326215e08.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5p5j64e695qgji23co9ek7i20/27461252545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8857768472f7a235cd5e37ca3e3a257c/xubijelepogasulox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/funeregegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/domop.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d20a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD20A 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 467298ef8a64975d942a43bee98aa1e7bc82c0da32b6901917721bb4b8a445e6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6E 10528 bytes
SHA-256: d67555e3a12373cddf19e9dac3b9cc3dbe73b1ee45f7b83ed890426bc9223520
font_02_sfnt_off00011766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11766 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1