Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d59a171b6f1c6dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:50:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 923a4b55ee260ab8b1416b6e7338670a SHA-1: 9741e23f1bf3bb8e3c22d001c7b462044ab2192f SHA-256: 4d59a171b6f1c6dcb51fda0a8c0598da355d64eb4043a7c21b5b9621c79ad971
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This indicates the document is likely part of a phishing or spam campaign designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+stories+app+for+android
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/zidesadem.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139785f42c54---zozelomegejaxab.pdf
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/88499217804.pdf
    • http://sbairs.com/datas/files/somimokejolunarapelerazil.pdf
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/87279904478.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354c7520b25---59184178852.pdf
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/dosubopikizamufi.pdf
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poxudivolisix.pdf
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/kawusozekokogigaroja.pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465c3bd9fe9---pulut.pdf
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/mozape.pdf
    • https://xn--49st2et51duvk.com/upload/files/14797390750.pdf
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/file/gusokituwarowemusab.pdf
    • http://tartak-monis.pl/tartak/images/file/regenewidomunazumuji.pdf
    • https://eghamatsafar.ir/basefile/eghamatsafar/files/50687912923.pdf
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gamaka.pdf
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/54172167376.pdf
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c37115fc41a6b0a609eca4d2c0730e8e/wamomawojawip.pdf
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.com/userfiles/file/81452994261.pdf
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/venavef.pdf
    • http://newgatedesign.com/Images_upload/files/44029464040.pdf
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/pidulugetojozev.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb2c89e8e5---zosakudewigadexoxax.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fac7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000112d9.bin
b70e64e13a99c945a36a59c2aea55d7fb5035ecc4b6f925454909f3efac9051a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D9 18112 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141e3.bin
5af5ce0a2a77718380b96189cf7bf5a9d4df530b507dba54789a57cc51f73439
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E3 10500 bytes