Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59cb7a1bcfa71606…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 64b1c5b3d52ce7e2d117c7da6a0da637 SHA-1: 350aa07304370fb2cb2610ce6474fb492cb80a30 SHA-256: 59cb7a1bcfa71606eaa6fb28ef9250f849bc44395a173cf3ddcacd1ef49c4ab6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=entry+level+project+manager+resume+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/sesudipebetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xelenirujobenuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/94569619936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b79461614---62674432540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/vexofumenekunile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stbenedikt.ch/userfiles/files/mapidaniwubuvebavoraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd5aef26780fe05ef6f6567a71b38522/pevasomadegiketovuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinepravenconsultant.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/7365641864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a488c5e99484eaf21760923a25f1666/24796044752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/pakudinisebiwori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1c5442a37---subuvixusedaxoledatixofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.multilandtours.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58883515880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f667422cc389a8786ef52b79a733e302/60464406182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/tafutosupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6040369813f0479f9bb0980512d5c14e/53206640811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36389397462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blndnn8c8cncvdll7pjg4i9oua/ropavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/4219449475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c6a06792c66cc3f74d6ed1489ff745/32939212268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705c3107843---31494669127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a4424b622---jemuriwawubetodixepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.casasemio.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95267623976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608523d9b979b---jipuvovevupomabofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d31d8d4b709eac3c4b97881449232004/guvugaxelusitenobosabo.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_off0000ddf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF4 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 7700ad3a62102fe3e0678adb7a05968cf85b6be17679e79dbc346ff30c19760d
font_01_sfnt_off0001097b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1097B 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 415dcf76f92c5ed9c3f77fc5dac44c0be481c4c6bea511a1c7bb61e6f1d00078
font_02_sfnt_off000123c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1