Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 559abd423e9cfb72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:43:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0cf1e981ec3e3fb89a0055f426b50237 SHA-1: 923e63604ebf9a85d8bc684bebeefd0c45ec9a4d SHA-256: 559abd423e9cfb728e3462d4165f858f1c7a5ac2a3cd167a0704fd9b844b8989
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This indicates the document is likely designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=puntos+de+auriculoterapia+para+adelgazar+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83eb2adc5d3ca6b6d1a32d0b3a8c7b3b/dopibojesuberoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimowadaxupazalase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuoncotichdep.com/upload/files/70087953881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39196936671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75beae8d60c6251d5642348bb3e8b34b/pixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/15166581759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4olamif9c0qqsi2knh2a3scei3/tugokuxigezad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/durimujetufiguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/legukoziwanidixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/13848876573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffdecde20a4---29809813918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22384eb443d6d7b29876db12bdfd47ee/58443334239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e31dc896d2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/64180812460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slippersymposium.com/clients/875641/File/83348613973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/12011854589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820ed9961e8---23774531900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15fd6cfda0---xuwoduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160943e19bd184---99068988594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/didinoxajilapema.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_off0000e86e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86E 21180 bytes
SHA-256: e6bca38e572ed023f2c86392113694d5c45511b0e0349af38e71385a8b2415b0
font_01_sfnt_off00011dfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DFA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13611 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 8e36db78ef120c974369a4a019c552654b4aeca60d6a54e65d3e89f815e049aa