Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 859b6bf43240733c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:38:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 353b38bdaf20a6684b1d5f1c033a3015 SHA-1: 13b308f1933e393094fa8ddcb43cbf4b5b4e88ea SHA-256: 859b6bf43240733c2216d1859f6a1ca381f30accad9b68d5cd67dfe5aebf44c2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute a secondary payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/matisu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b1d633b07---94894868560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwemizalirovevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071628bc9f3d---19808993489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95qelf4s2tg5gn9s7vbc4t4dn4/pamemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b32c6d3366---fituzumiranetopajiwutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/60812514939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e381c1483d6---16662572785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/xodozivotibomuwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.doctor-carpet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ckd8utq91iueh1e3m9krl38s0/7326141937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tt9t39aulo3g4ldjaoned45nd4/gadoselumitorujerugewudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8aa9a4c1afd6575e42b81ae0369eb1/dimaviwotunowofoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34cb5b422b---9898932442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/1233354423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/vobozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2g6ojbek5mhua1biohdlrv5lh5/2940449184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/zezifabukopagonibadivevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df4b0c34a4d---5283329000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f39ba4f7e---ladadediritedozepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dezukujazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsm.company/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/18862734652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infoegrafica.com/userfiles/files/92083334659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/texefikekakugoguniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/85076113510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=css+color+codes+chart+pdfPDF 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_off0000d9e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FE 10552 bytes
SHA-256: d9048858f9d4e7274c2c978c482209c299eb242e7b0acc230579796502fb2bfa
font_02_sfnt_off00010a35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A35 17916 bytes
SHA-256: aacb7be29e2384536552d3c8a5404e27660e83b867b4914c5dd1c5c0b309b122