Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 589f5b3d7247f45e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 21:31:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3d4494d7e9ba5e6f425db31eddcf25ef SHA-1: f0cc3f475aa77f23973416edc4034c31001a4481 SHA-256: 589f5b3d7247f45ed22704b26415104863a9e4f95d0ed730866a11de5b18b21f
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further obfuscate the redirection chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d59edc0f4b---97336501262.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://127.0.0.1/bantraicay/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87902575219.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://digireg.cz/upload/6192620783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e7dc4c3db314ce20c74bf760f280c0/46951662681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872b5d4eb34---80268262784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e09ea93a2---gamanoroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsi-international.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9419209169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbafeaf85bf0ca704dda1448a79e11e0/xujumubisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba1aaa1f1f---lujubevelesasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsgladysosei.com/clients/f/fd/fd76c46f75d01f7adbe86f52c2a5b8c1/File/jorasitalakakofekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/06/file/202106030117255375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93038221763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210713_48FEEF5A3C4772D4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840a23b69b5---kanedixufanavibitekeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/em697abq53jfj0i6i6a5fsa3s6/47616617440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe74e720282ae37df7194f1af9477db/gisojigazeduwozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytmbc.org/fckimage/file/47855255460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070657e3de76---pigase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/000bf7667afb2c589c740af5ed4fc253/linekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/fogebagafezudakiwowidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210625_3D796FC9947DC76A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcleod-bobbitt.com/clients/64742/File/79093103348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=nintendo+switch+parental+lock+resetPDF 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_off0000e520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE520 10768 bytes
SHA-256: d6c9905b63d74b9fb700f9c1699b186e394699d9fb2e62e96bb2c01aa6b5add3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fde0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE0 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 1db20bb023bd02ae8132f64a1ebe39d734d2256bc40abb2531cec3e21db96cc4
font_02_sfnt_off00012966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12966 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1