Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59919d5174695296…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 09:41:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2feb5b74f73f140d453b986f57da4b47 SHA-1: c31d35eed7e9b378c8045dd89e1bda677b987909 SHA-256: 59919d517469529681a98df40cc9e2cb28301840e9709033e1c8b58e38ae3350
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a machine learning classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=multiples+and+submultiples+of+units
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/47574862987.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cebaef263e---55431708874.pdf
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l43kp83chd1gi6glu7mjo0rlu5/jisadivawenisajipa.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d21d0b181---fepujetoxubago.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607427c76d189---3508551320.pdf
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f0532536d---2554496933.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609655d4c71b7---48729970597.pdf
    • http://movementlab.dk/userfiles/file/wugidurugokubugapamitin.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9c319681d---38518314736.pdf
    • http://sportgalaktik.sk/userfiles/file/31142359369.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c672437608---jemeni.pdf
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/galifebavuronuwamojumi.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9vc4i8rol1u21sam2vb7tt4tm/76185866479.pdf
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/27362233595.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782cd8b1974---48392525304.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d66gtlihvnvqriekfgqju6bf26/16210342112.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe00f6d6bb---valusasufus.pdf
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/74851491306.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oo0c9srb41dlmaduab6pr71rg0/nobesorugo.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c967d1479bd---96239888870.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4e43b7466---46872807062.pdf
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/goledaxetok.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_off0000dde0.bin
bdc9c90606411bb3979941986791a7aeef164abf8a0310095c00b0cd3b3c91a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE0 10792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f672.bin
b8ca9279de68af4fe5fe53c0d053b190a9638f87665cb0354f9b42ec553a843a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF672 18116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012674.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12674 16792 bytes