Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 559dc3b2f29adcc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:56:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ffb0e6fd7555519f1b21028cbd9c87f7 SHA-1: 1d2cf21f94d815bcd6106097ea4b5873e71c32bc SHA-256: 559dc3b2f29adcc469553c974ccc909d7422ed9d61a3b2ea14806f9db0ec914d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These elements suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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=outlook+account+setup+android
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/77407655601.pdf
    • https://ngonluathan.vn/images/ckeditor/files/rikuveguwifosavozebus.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338b47a0e21---nerawezokafe.pdf
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/12550865881.pdf
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nirugexafebibe.pdf
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336afaee0ff---53470358970.pdf
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents/files/32103582373.pdf
    • http://qianshunqs.com/admin/upload/dovomivavixi.pdf
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/vigiginiledap.pdf
    • https://alaqart.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/rifofuzavoragexular.pdf
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/mixodajazuxolonave.pdf
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/91294410296.pdf
    • https://aprenda-atdi.com/uploads/files/76352285364.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8604a38659a82395d16b4c935addc47/wewijatumudusi.pdf
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/22856382980.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/sawidomokelopugarenofibi.pdf
    • http://nwhouse.ru/uploads/file/xugafomewave.pdf
    • http://xn--h1aeekk.xn--p1ai/files/file/tezokefamekiselijemi.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2a51e8f76---27584267716.pdf
    • http://www.benyowsky.com/resources/files/59696757696.pdf
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/44825238452.pdf
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48321296290.pdf
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dujovojiduzuzozofas.pdf
    • https://navliecky.net/userfiles/file/50810868810.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_off0000d5df.bin
2894c4c8ca50aa0fbfc1c54ec37b869b3d3f9771d737eb1f2c5f8bc2deb29294
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5DF 10724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eead.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAD 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106bf.bin
415f12f3423840e50a627eed6f8617c5355c0d154195e96e76e8b5b9693fdfa3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BF 17476 bytes