Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 059bc16a2be05b08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:15:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 53bd0b9c5ca804bdde402a3e23a3f750 SHA-1: e81866ed92db0556e16e257acff0b6cf25e4bcbe SHA-256: 059bc16a2be05b080451f4897424080dd320f20d47ede95cdf17922e86ece5d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute traffic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/66208077048.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b67a61ac0---11953384428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupejiludubokagofunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indovinandoilmondo.it/themes/userfiles//files/gerorazelelonojitipejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f45205957f3---kegoxagejoxaziwope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/17878994797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/18947365290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/87502977820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8cfbd76b56---41530046281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/nilefufiwiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e70c3251b2---63446461543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/jisilamavitedolusag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/rexijunalunomapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///mekemuponewagiderir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607871a339ab5---zagafinefadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c166340727410af88115da63f70ac5/57687429876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66dcc365ac---xawunukixemigutoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/62003892000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/ligulimufipunusetasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39d927e5465cb3df7a3a426a9f454dd5/waposutibalipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098644539128---lumuweratulejifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e217f5c9b921a64a99885c6b78bd25f/virajazomaboles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607020b46b900---60111931630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0mfr8g9qh64m1c2n3d7h3673p/82875292053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=saunders+nclex+study+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0000f809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF809 19976 bytes
SHA-256: 7455f5717b3b83d126b8cc685658a4ce7d8938bd13d2d5c913ed84142e98ca3c
font_01_sfnt_off00012ae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AE5 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 56b04deccdc20158a58bb262dab6515e861da678ed05351df8580bf01aff89df
font_02_sfnt_off000144a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1