Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59236ac65e0c6b9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-12 16:09:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ce0884372ab46f258948cc6a98057add SHA-1: 9fb23dc4d2818ec119a26b2a49a86a90e725da1f SHA-256: 59236ac65e0c6b9eff935b7c56a6c085d9508d118ee648b2839c24dd62112db0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV and ML classifiers as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of using algorithmically generated URLs on potentially untrusted domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/lasesumumuxotuwavetoziju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c048eba69---56900090487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bliznacite.com/files/visewisogizemadepeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4fe243f0c---sajosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/35903829295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qro0cs514vk1n4tkq0hlj6jp65/lirabolovixokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/jebozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ad6ae943d---wuretesibevopeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/151459387964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/37051307336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1372e2ef7e4813988df1229b222fde3/41298268626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/logotifivafijozufosunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc46cf44bec---filudubidofopuropumalepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714cfd63779---8205953660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/kowotezoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gb26bga0e38icjlpdneuvsmkvk/44226315528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/64772194174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f34fc8a8610747ceb31f02be7d6d46/gibitakasanatowemipajuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30c9aa2df57661bc322c882c2a6abd9b/pezopawimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1364e1be677b182159cb2dfcab91ed08/41104619452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5396b03ca7---72621162805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24b715279c89426f986cadad35b82df/10167508154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dinar+in+pakistani+rupeesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000fedd.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xFEDD 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 0710b83e0601c7c3cf1f460357a6a373c1a209546652797f250029bf88265158
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B09 10272 bytes
SHA-256: d4193d294c28c63f7613def544392804dd46156eea52dec8a5ac5c64314e5de2
font_03_sfnt_off0001324c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324C 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 0257e273b4e09629ae927a2ca61dd00cb0d925acf1db0beb187eefa67980a016