Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59e18132b5aaab22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-08-11 12:06:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8f8ceef15af75e4f8141dc38cb8bec9b SHA-1: 2cc608a9262780a8b43c46216744589c69335421 SHA-256: 59e18132b5aaab223087e1489020c3114a7434964ac5d04cd8346a69d224dc97
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve to obfuscate the ultimate destination, which is probably a phishing or malware distribution site. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=impresora+hp+deskjet+f4480+cartuchos PDF link annotation
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb53c134850---xikirariwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hankyunget.net/userData/board/file/webotarosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02652a1c4a0a77230f9859d3fc92680d/latevagowobezase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b890d1af1d8---vosufov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbdirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimebig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b74a69df333c821ca4d1ea795faaf5b/pegobuluvuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vpmemorial.net/images/file/63462888562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab81eadafc1f474b23fe379c6ac8bd1/gakexugakolegojadexudiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ac19756ce72894d9b719f28c95a370f/86319336616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/27853462933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8756e807ac44c022e4345f799efae222/26066775740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0qkbn9n76rtf01hvvbiagkj90/35197538128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/98163935881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb27ae73df---37179584609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/21756637022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/11274571420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c2466c972---34376034192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/wizitixarewurewazuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9639632316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d2cfcd67d1ba6ae65a023653a14b3c/lokutiwajaramogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fb4793ac4---dozulidofamexapedura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/56389495302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9460354563---64031605786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/kiwuranofaxofalokop.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_off0000d08a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD08A 17908 bytes
SHA-256: a38b3d18c06f3836af1396b2813b8bc8c38cb75299637cbef7daee5681569253
font_01_sfnt_off0000fde0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE0 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 6db2eebdac591b1593acdb1f865eb0f8eb9e32d7a0ca2408858c3329c01bd65f
font_02_sfnt_off00011898.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11898 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1