Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 590109e3366da65a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-10-02 20:52:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 815915c9f7735484d4d33fc51473cc31 SHA-1: 3ada9c6426439b6428e6090d871e2ff54c01ce09 SHA-256: 590109e3366da65a71e7731aa4933ff39e6d518d182a41fc9ab456db1f86474a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and a high ML score. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/75276371629.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuklearmedizin-amro.de/userfiles/file/59501652785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/75616722256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domosplast.hu/files/file/21905589634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3fe97deb2---vinajafakapiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcgbaharat.com/userfiles/file/katinogepitegosowizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b3d0c3b0b---joxijetoketazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/mopalukududef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/36574120087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/64795714921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/24881539762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsugiadinhviet.com/upload/ck/files/porawopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto4-spb.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/50762494116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614676f145061---tililasovotozudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49396212085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615177424086e---debodewiborevedutajosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreptultau.hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/9233580538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peknanevesta.sk/media/file/74447566941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/sipibesifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roberthalasz.eu/uploads/file/petekamigepufegowuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/5682794756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/latumatumonebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stepweystudy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9411808089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/3680992487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=call+it+what+you+want+lyrics+taylor+swiftPDF 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_off0000b1ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9C5 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 6bcd133cea91955b0ce236f98e5153dc457f32540511dff689ca753341566e76
font_02_sfnt_off0000e224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE224 14852 bytes
SHA-256: 5322833ee601845f7d6631e95e97eacaef1de57c45108226053561e667fa58a3