Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59bbadd6c26eb317…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-07-12 16:21:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 33f19968bcdca65c84625ad7002eaf34 SHA-1: ab8f89c64da67cee2c7ea635d455f5936c456346 SHA-256: 59bbadd6c26eb317c7980736bf493374a7272ba8ce6413ee7fe92eb5b8c209db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting sites, likely to deliver further malicious content. The presence of invoice or payment lure language reinforces the phishing or scam nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=national+grid+outage+map+ri PDF link annotation
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/49135875066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/bojegexezixifuvufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/zapaxedopewisajaveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/52210538785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d038b573078---devekomuwerugapajolumuwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1dc9cc0064ace64dc4962186bccd036/89987980513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detusimaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70f339c841---41742158078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rj4kmar4v9hu9gq425iebv3ke4/timesutepuzekaxukilunupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niredupomumozejagesemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afa4d9df20f4d38c642c554db68cdccf/suwutivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b906be68720---libusuvenulaxuxuduremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/josibatoxiretunukawuzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c880eaf21de---buvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831a1df0032---17398656766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cf81638d3---garovesakafesufevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/nivokepigaxawabofokovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/21825588266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffb8d8bc5b6855ff9f67a189ad8c98f2/vufuzutavazonulibiwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b8b3b6a53---54358758512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaac33915a---30127548306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad9637bebb---89295611895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc9d540424---35524446915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07c6e9eca0c019b7cac9ae49fd7a4689/bowusunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://septumdent.com/img/userfiles/files/45752476553.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_off0000dd1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD1B 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 4bd84647a12c8af7cf3104e34a71deeab93fab20ce52740f12a18b46c0f62e51
font_01_sfnt_off0000f53a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4C 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 92015b295c870ea79fe8af72858eab320bd0ee8b6e4956a6a454d43e007bc365