Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 536b59ca4b222007…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 10:16:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c9b523d74b504a03cdef370a94e51e10 SHA-1: 9c348fd4207229f03c57c8df63c015d423e398ac SHA-256: 536b59ca4b222007d88ca1d82a1029f2c847be2681c56935d0ba47e292ba7282
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/satedobisoresilawaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3779874a30---19526774289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/96682872115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-29/20210629110624120297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a0618cb7608ef2ca156fb1c3418f47a/65278166681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/wamubejunevaliwamasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/rokopajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://er-trans.com/img/produkty/files/gidowepibez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65f1333a0ef2e19caec5c635b2ce46cd/nepitugugawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df269a23596---kekobekulejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-31/20210531015441336919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7641bce7928035c4fb483150d94c98/65546577024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89ee1c6c1324c3dbdac8e16972503fa2/vipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a202b1ba477---gutamedanajovixosijewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/59865248491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bd8ee0455---23774108929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/vufosuduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/gokunamemobavaxonugigoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150108_034444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70sblnvvrekk14v324k4leic99/nirugubukumapaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigcool.net/webroot/img/files/41680698377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/lixixoderuvufume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/57470273667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=kristan+higgins+good+luck+with+thatPDF 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_off0000f792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF792 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 61f8f2ce7aa43d2f6fb0597f16d1459e1a356d283a2b14b86337e2f09bc24c78
font_01_sfnt_off00012423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12423 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 874cdd7a8056c8ebf2491e978cc2bcae145c20a6a0c16b22edbe32401f301571
font_02_sfnt_off00013cc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1