Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 596f16c89c1541bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 22:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c3a97a79ad4ff24ef97704447ae3a469 SHA-1: 3ca8c51388c2790f14ec302bf198ad17982ded87 SHA-256: 596f16c89c1541bc16794f05decf4077c60274b78c437aeccacc566ed5701ba6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. These links likely serve to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware, as suggested by the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=funniest+game+show+answers
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labipamar.pdf
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cuv80qe799hfs39cj47f59hfpp/39681217536.pdf
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/molaxen.pdf
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/jitigunijipelinigofiwire.pdf
    • http://zonwering-nederland.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26544310238.pdf
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430040831788964.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4365ffc7a97b50cc216114eba322bd36/38979270823.pdf
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/951e526a3e0d3fe918ae0b44e194d02d/73525778426.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9c1c1235c---negijinetugigawenir.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2c815d40d---savubopaxu.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160cdd0ce4fc52---37399299490.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0b247b3a41---94808164518.pdf
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujexiv.pdf
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/goxiguz.pdf
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79305910804.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffd7a6ca54---mosajofaf.pdf
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/tuwofirikilemisep.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1151db720ad33a3da621d4c1f10fada9/sunatijusivogitabupinuge.pdf
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qh2cou1jetj7h7l1kt6efj582f/tokujusumaxopojuxos.pdf
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/lunab.pdf
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/wabigatemakudofifumekazo.pdf
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/75451541957.pdf
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5b04a7c467eaf7257cfdef2f28f6ec3/81448049709.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943333db331---31884177976.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_off0000ef69.bin
b4eba7484949f5ba194ed77f12c74fdd788af9fddbcd9955b01694193b2d143a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF69 10672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107c4.bin
2f288c3783eb11d42de23bd9749d8f8329afe7d6a3ec774136680e9b0caec94a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C4 17668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135c0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C0 16792 bytes