Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59a85cd165b18604…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:47:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c5ccbbfedda05bdf4d7175965fb016f8 SHA-1: 002cb30c660f77116bf49b70bd5f8adacc3b130a SHA-256: 59a85cd165b18604cf9ec576b4952b90e0198765f8b92e4a17e2e600a6eadf8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a high number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+apk+mod PDF link annotation
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///41861049369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/19229396454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents/files/jejunubujagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613283f238b70---27479712030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/lujosuponis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.premiumimport.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defufapipulopiremaxijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawratanews.com/armedia/uploads/files/62441834926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ice-group.pl/userfiles/file/donogibawifuzuruboxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c36b93c02860030050f7c7369d942c59/govovoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da09e7710f4046c341ac1c6f6ee81da5/pirinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/zipanefopusujuridugasuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skiclubraonbaccarat.fr/pdf/92001467323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pravkniga.ru/files/userfiles/files/34435574995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthimaynhapkhau.com/upload/files/38685422853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85791150654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/072585742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ce8a9400ed513513853e3a4011c01a8/jetipasarajafewiguxelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/6150932486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/39276542722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpviettin.com/upload/files/wedesizimekikifizepusaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/dobunoragizalejetolibulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/vufumogitinupewufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/posafejavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/setipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/fugegixuwop.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_off0000c970.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC970 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE187 10616 bytes
SHA-256: fda8da7325daae723755bd2a7dc55603e5baeb797031847687ee419a51de12f6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF953 18208 bytes
SHA-256: b2c3b304087448f1da306ec0810bb4da4c66633f349b77015fe9d3b396c41f67