Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59d74c7f271a1343…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 04:06:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bdcf7d963f7e7ae39984b06ce68ad017 SHA-1: f6faf7c39be499a0cfc6af75fed10e8156b48eef SHA-256: 59d74c7f271a134341b2af1fe132c7543a95f3a063c18b0ae5500404ed5bea5c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites that host further malicious PDFs. The presence of numerous external URIs and compromised CMS upload links strongly suggests an effort to lure victims into downloading additional malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+triangle%27s+moment+of+inertia+about+the+axis+through+the+center
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed4fcc2b21---zilijelare.pdf
    • http://sitoad.com/bbqjoekey/files/202106160326495605.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2hphqn2ii6ajn3s72s2jnroqkh/jawurodapukobedorika.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609faba3592ca---37132380092.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcj6arn6cerhqn86n91pn7qi5f/gufezekiw.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdff45209d---95718379027.pdf
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46debe60c8d9c72b857411e85b8ac548/zojikisapoxulilemiji.pdf
    • http://ltptech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/33134362445.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/76386182407.pdf
    • http://3lbordercollies.com/clients/a/a5/a537dd6ebb785c9f51a9b4acbfea693c/File/losezipumotexorivosulav.pdf
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de857f8d97a8a450617f7c8b03b9003a/89483852005.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91f26aa429---47050366548.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba098034bb---64515465564.pdf
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09da75d3e5---xabimudugapowenaxuliwa.pdf
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/96549305676.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6521431cd---leletatezapojatetifisusiw.pdf
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/98783509671.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/953l7a9ddlhbovqoabr949k8rv/javosokanidarubo.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e0898d170---61180187900.pdf
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/wunurososedavanizozonaje.pdf
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/rusujobuz.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e255.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE255 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa6c.bin
67a0afa4f69a3781a309a83b6198fe697d67fb9f94ce76e589b7cf1c611c26e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6C 11152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001145e.bin
fd22893907d3360534532014ac5868704f53c346b997b90505a796e75c2b7c54
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145E 18548 bytes