Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59e097fb2392e126…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:04:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ffbfdb5e6cc6fc618e5e5adc55a9c015 SHA-1: c15ab2dacbbaefe2d295352231501edcb166bc35 SHA-256: 59e097fb2392e126c1165bd48c2ab1f1dca0c32ee032f2108f9fbd4306d7fc57
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites and raw IP addresses, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161339b6ac9606---gatajubimoregefebedufaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/27170478871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/27204633989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--atpta-nfb.lv/images/userfiles/files/miwokamodawazetomatab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210911162422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/80283569869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vo15pedojhisjo4t1noeqlqcu0/xiwavedekavojabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakersfield.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/4045588147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/wevexaxopubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://js-space.de/userfiles/file/67287394439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/50276082778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1298474382.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be3dfa18f1---65974877007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/gapenimibuludusevam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/wukebiwisetaneponawomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132465ec596a---51892962833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b93ca1465---molaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9814967b96231d9e033d78317981a98b/pujiralotaleramotizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/11031947412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/gegafijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thibiditrading.com/public/userupload/files/vedubukivuvodopipoxovuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://margheritango.it/userfiles/file/xujuxodafupiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/kobemalusivaxuvanukota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climacom.eu/userfiles/files/siwumivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=download+spider+man+homecoming+movie+for+androidPDF 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_off0000f5e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E5 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 8f1e9f9f51dd88630412b422e8eb8bb78c189be30fc69c7a04bdb65b6d8967fe
font_01_sfnt_off00010f7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12790 19208 bytes
SHA-256: 198b0ef0bba9351f0bb4166e0de0c96f71f7556463578901bdb6b2f73afac44e