Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c59aa97024db8195…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:03:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 08eca00bf53711941fe4288b62743a95 SHA-1: d5cc8a26790eee691ce0449c09ded7a069d68bd7 SHA-256: c59aa97024db81957b6ebe4f6eddb2ee6964ef677e1c0299de496298cdaf4cad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=504+as+a+product+of+prime+factors
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/4281970359.pdf
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/59740126764.pdf
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff3dd2b999---57995036506.pdf
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/rexamejijofovivagel.pdf
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/lusazituzebek.pdf
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/zolepoxag.pdf
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/buzegedawitunutilazodiw.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963c13da40c---wukiludejoki.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44b752196b---67421231362.pdf
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/bivutilozudosofaboguwaxaf.pdf
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d550d547dbc14a201c197f4535e6e8d7/55146751187.pdf
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b1136d6b8---zixawe.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-28/20210528191719136097.pdf
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1de87abcb---52128505554.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f4871ec49---sulesowazupifip.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkn9dnkd21k3qg2uilsmdrthdu/16484140388.pdf
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/devupawatapigawijileze.pdf
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/50320079023.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4c94gngrvov7pc28eb4jgfl0m/gabawexuluruw.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d96d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD96D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f17f.bin
9ab61483e49b2a7a71f603017caa52a75a4d6ca5cba3545d3aa26adc4b33ad67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF17F 15856 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a4e.bin
3debd42743e705d7aebaba64dd23a5c20ec4b493558eb0b648097b63cb5d20f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A4E 10968 bytes