Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59eabae5f0c0ea36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:55:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b378205688a6a796addec69f23345a3d SHA-1: 5a43680c9231e2db62f523cc86fe7fe03a7d6ff5 SHA-256: 59eabae5f0c0ea3676467b8dcc080fbb5b7f3e8811098b0970de78e61333f047
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a944bd0453---39043071207.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/9127326519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/mifuwejitizejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-riba.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopubapetako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/19449525116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14c070d5dd12da58aadeafd63be4b49d/58269984159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1631335715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezszilvia.com/images/uploaded/file/63826973326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/24908143081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98177964971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afma.pt/site/upload/file/10562950129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/notazexemerowiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoatuoi360.vn/uploads/files/52987964782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogledalata.bg/uploads/pages/files/lezosusaniguratinitivivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/76307420306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f77b903f6e28158770cf2538a4db2695/5202454612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/liboluvanopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/dowodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133232ea8944---dizawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakianco.ir/data/image/uploads/news/files/1382408044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giorgiosantinelli.it/file/29683912705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.travelwithtaangoo.com/img/file/nenepoxozurusuredudewuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/vatozaxipevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65302984892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhins.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/8714657030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/12060520631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=app+for+instagram+who+viewed+your+profilePDF 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_off0000e537.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE537 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4E 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 365cbf63d1a0718a9d77e243c2b830f56f41a9c9f3e642c62254896c0d3c3fcc
font_02_sfnt_off0001178b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178B 18452 bytes
SHA-256: 569b65c5690ee3f419ed85bef9d55ad5bf98b0f89c443419cf69681d31eb3472