Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59af40ff31092a3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-06-22 12:05:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f688c79fc7ce53fe73debb0afe33e2fc SHA-1: 223e94bcaf9cedbda1a7235a2a7291a5b31c38dc SHA-256: 59af40ff31092a3a000c546e79924f905ece512b5b3ce26c027efa9411265c04
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=language+acquisition+device+chomsky+pdf', are likely used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=language+acquisition+device+chomsky+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9r3eclu0n3mai3hc62jftae1id/56061787112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/xogepoxawubegelokapimazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a52839b83---67046500353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/84874127842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/80303462530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b08e30836---sunedifofored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/zezunonadorenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342ad43c058a7040c218a339c927a6ee/58241183119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608778cfdd04e---misufegati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b567407d56---83544877358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45fb30b4ea---suwagoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/23570819860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/53419133306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ed1cc0e04b536f09b800a6fd33a42c/bavarofumuxirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/xapepabaxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/48297564154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/wepevopegizalamusonoji.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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000108f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F9 5732 bytes
SHA-256: 44d98402ada3cb79e93783384986f4e8c7a9797a97f160b74f3579512d164ae3
font_01_sfnt_off00011c6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C6D 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 0a51a93670fa1add13e748cf0d29030df84115722c78a34d1f110c428e843c56