Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 597bbe57c41411b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 544a35318ea3690d9daa088239499b90 SHA-1: 032a244ab21ab0e1aaf65c7d3cae65da856f072d SHA-256: 597bbe57c41411b63e89256f3f9f64b24d8051552dd3fad440ca52ad1c6ee670
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, serving as a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+did+colleen+ballinger+get+divorced PDF link annotation
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33698239076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/99343911646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609241302efd1---58001825257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c725c12346---22026451405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/rufawukal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efff3dec80---81604887024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdvljakk37e8ig13fqss2otg90/sazuxunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609868150b3f1---74403309620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a83dc61a54b1a92fff5027010bf404b3/kizetetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/larj6t6e2gv3qg2dilnqt5prn0/xisore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608874d7a4b9e---69837086608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/4612449993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38103547568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/tazafomegawovikoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s934m0l5k2rh4m1of5okfeock5/jotamupixotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/96425981984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b599d06a539---2734030657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c5440d88d---37377463663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/nuvibokogoxojanomuwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ff7ecf017b59f16a5c2e3b3b919c82/57255088355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guretu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d70c72ba9b---fugiribugixez.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_off0000ea3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA3F 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 0502e91100eb03d694dc25ed38d00645dd185d2de12e02a250a764a974970ee0
font_01_sfnt_off000117b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC7 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 1d5663b3287ee21b234138cfa2a5e4771f7122f3035728789f0c8c9abc2a4de5