Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59a45da8c95707d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-22 18:04:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 74a08919646c67e9d85542a5b52d41ab SHA-1: 02482ee6a976e6c8e497fc7fbe4391e7d38e9c6f SHA-256: 59a45da8c95707d451b0eb7ac377197aeb16f5752fa18265b66bb7f6806b061b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=homescapes+mod+apk+unlimited+all PDF link annotation
    • https://tspinstruments.com/cache/fck_files/file/werogejabujepirupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arrhythmiaclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210917175340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/51722499394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/dekokelaterat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/22970100098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144d91415b85---zubatima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/geduremaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/migiwunabewopalevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/jakaribeganakuwuwibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurmanosypsnys.lt/userfiles/file/58797658060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emcp-pmce.ca/_includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jevavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/luxazikasexabonikaduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reyazahmad.bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nisosidibabekotowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/26996977836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rpsbchamber.org/editorData/file/gewanojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/zevemujepageboxenizetiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b325d0a103---31370004285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunubasefukudokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mezon.jp/userfiles/file/jagafolebesewojumatapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/wazevajokolonusobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614afdd8081a7---2678567544.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_off0000be7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE7F 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 9033b50c639e8cd07dbb3f46a3bbbae060cc1988cdc140edf2bf08eb9ebafb44
font_01_sfnt_off0000d730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD730 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF42 17152 bytes
SHA-256: eef034bae27f96cf950a1e93b4f6e770868e617bff1a0bdec5ffbb317d93ff17

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