Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59d5092853d79592…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:17:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cedaf6b851dc708b5d2650c293f7021b SHA-1: 0d5d87914dc3d838cbb979544dba0ad632e6525a SHA-256: 59d5092853d795926715acc7dc8e3c6c0d9d14d85d6eba85f3e9d2d9f6ab3d51
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate a link farm designed to direct users to malicious content, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 https://digicpictures.com/downloads/zibarunen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molizefeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/pegijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/18394980900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huanghecables.com/d/files/92009202406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/xokidifediwititepona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/26325066661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhjpharm.com/upload/files/gowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613397b23b3cb---15062302384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvaloxujazanigibumepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/didixilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shatalarab-llc.net/userfiles/files/56083310427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eec5c5dc49---13201467181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58634974855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keemunblacktea.cn/uploads/file/040132431852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmoscm.com/contents/files/mevifagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/paludamiterixininekuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanalights.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/gesaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/gujekusumorapinudokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d58beaa1314eb39603581961abe6b2c/33300356300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/robubarifozanixawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/23623266519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/pumaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/pikugowepopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/vuxodijudewixawukerexojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=no+police+cheat+gta+5+pcPDF 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_off0000d817.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD817 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 8e55148d87af32a8db7cfe54c2865ff23a167770442852844a15a574adbf7fbf
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC9 17212 bytes
SHA-256: 5019602dd97fe65ab7f09f3cc0d5575f5df0a81fa5c82e97a0c8c2a303a3c639
font_02_sfnt_off00011c8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1