Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 596502093de5025f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:52:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d274f25fd3a5a1711fd10fb2fc9e860c SHA-1: 6d1034fe66b5c060a08bf4ca17fabf2da1a1c66d SHA-256: 596502093de5025f1f6ae4eacaae9e3244e9cc4021eafe3aeb536a40a11e4b94
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, consistent with phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=imo+stickers+sinhala+download PDF link annotation
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c3e1226288442ef11c9a25438794303/zexuzugubinepisewexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbndn5at.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/tafuvovowerajulojawiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/xupipiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52962419831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/xifivesamaxurexusunivonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/tabedofazopuduniziviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59601071858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338bc97c61c---kemitewigisoderowodilewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/10606735424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/27140471221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.piramideidiomas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butelisafefixorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/tejalalejijisozeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/zogevamevofibovolebovanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f11cd364cc---bimotosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--90aoja6ahg5ds.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/geravovolabobejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://77owship.netsociality.com/upload/files/75577657149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://titishop.co/upload/files/mamunawir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenamujekipivodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents/files/43086961507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/90372466933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maremio.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/karej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372ad56f831---96435050119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/jiwuboridasububaxijetudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wulasisidemabowubineraxu.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_off0000c08d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC08D 10764 bytes
SHA-256: e01212f63d53a0fe49c6aa8b524fdcd767577529126c6909e76963ac3d4424f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000d92d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f13f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13F 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 0a25fed6a69de7a0be37b7fde07cec4b0db6eb5b0db2c5f5b4199ebb463d8df7