Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c59471fa552badff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 20:56:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: dc5220f75fc9ef3cf2204a6ee748719b SHA-1: c3f3741a61d6960ed9dc08fc7b926c860d0cf08d SHA-256: c59471fa552badff4e2f3b385c70fad25c54f4d625d9033f12d9ef56f37097da
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK indicates an attempt to direct users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/14766092329.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/124e18d38290821d0a76fa32acf6722f/bojuwapus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hekuugeuj1jog45k5uc0m3t196/8192400498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9e77d914d8b5cc33297e2aa29e8e9a0/fafivud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/sotozowusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2219072008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/77188412885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/57569522492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c54e48b271---lovifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/25116588949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/kuvufavokuvixisefogonoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082059aea1b8---bakukusivojum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/67915319545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f0a0547a5---45796538232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/74668801881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riondene.ch/img/uploads/file/51601440535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/15406040705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/8845222427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/lajitezufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35e8853a11b33066e1fa39a004b8561d/23172269990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3551ea1afd---70249879691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/meregazulewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eeca6788d6---10418170617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=different+approaches+to+historyPDF 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_off0000f34c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B63 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 6b6cf7917086637f3d0aed242c0f8cd3d70d558d4226ba291c88485aaed4fcd2
font_02_sfnt_off000123c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C1 16948 bytes
SHA-256: d884eedc8795d490d356062d3b61566e742ce61f21761d3e4ef8d5416577edcb