Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c598029de2149be5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:12:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f9e4e416bd5fe21d0ecf4ada9b29a7d2 SHA-1: 6f79e3d8e68fdeb3f4439721d24e3e78bae0140a SHA-256: c598029de2149be57b9073d3fc68513d9563ce5bcbc427be1e4bcc885e87a1bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate that the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. 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 http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/72790025176.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/8490647219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/44459456775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/lixalilapizinodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nulifeus.com/~nulife/userfiles/file/9645637085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternaseguros.net/files/files/91984199602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfttmsjhbcd9a39jdrdiadveqr/tirijini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkicq8ttu765nl306nkq3angr3/6948223726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9764c68ce045d1e49028b8a067603f4/87971534375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6ad913fd5ddca2bf00fdcac16c757f5/wirujefizamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805a7b5838b---dumunurojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37643938518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077465e3d71e---kapexevewatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/15518578761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b19f5cbd4---18683715324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef1331bf0fc9aa5103b1c9c412eb338/73708438468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a18a295e7a900ee9e72bd0b0c564b630/supimavetufixavebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pns73pr3nfct0nirivt5docg53/baxake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsultantrading.ae/userfiles/files/637523891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab78524abe---41725916753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/xixesini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=academic+calendar+2019+ssa+assam+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_off0000d07b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD07B 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 9448c79872b26684f28d4e1fa5a206eb164024d9dcf1b426998e8f2bc5118f49
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA13 18452 bytes
SHA-256: 14dfdb410c0f12d2f5040e42012f9c95f5d0564496af7da2aef7977a7b8807b6
font_02_sfnt_off00011a5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1