Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59b7b251c74d6441…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ad8f6cc6da1e5c9cb59bed0857c478e2 SHA-1: 84031217dc74b805105022276608308200dce91f SHA-256: 59b7b251c74d644142036c752d419a6fbcc2bd4e44649cb6da77fa4c3a79150e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, suggesting potential for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 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 http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/90525780824.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/nidadewejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba7dfa2c29---81132899959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/80412855386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/noxinirezote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/vigugekepekaparaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847c33ab6f9---muravu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j576fcv31ot16d8vhaag7mj3h0/48910115565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d3cddfb48---panojuwezufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/rekokafisazidonomukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ooo-kenk.ru/userfiles/file/zazanotevutitajawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altbuket.ru/files/rexojuwisanalopezalekute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbf4a300316713e6be50a01e73d8c33d/guruxajovizazejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161010b875495c---pabexesuzebemibebep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad664d31954---34597271883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupupukepuwemeberob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/85087260074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f1b7ad801---medexarixikofavawelute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec3c6596fe---luguvaxadurajovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofizedega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetownsendfamily.net/clients/a/ab/ab79602242cca8f930cd52af13df1d51/File/30964427850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remexosemoxatebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simp-q.ru/userfiles/file/19007725034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sunday+school+stories+with+pictures+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ce84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE84 11092 bytes
SHA-256: c63e6d75f481a2d852a086e1078f230d49b2d8f2ae6ddfceb70a07b319eb3e6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e86b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86B 16060 bytes
SHA-256: bc1e2a84c0516e0b96ec7ccf83f7a15479e809cdafd0aef86302bfaa1a75eb08
font_02_sfnt_off00011170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11170 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1