Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c59c9de24a191539…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-10-06 15:01:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8ea19e4656452c2f25db657be7e60237 SHA-1: 433de509d02571ce7b74242db7e55a32739e6f65 SHA-256: c59c9de24a1915397cbd09eb5dd2b31c50859dc1bac55d8da8cec49f09ef2ba6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious sites. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, potentially for further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47244099306.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161507d333acf3---duxafubakusovozexulozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/tajuwefidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/85475815956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/rozamiwidolusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79779625369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewuvomojaxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7df5303ad5372a4b5e46a675e4388982/lokivisiboliluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemalipics.com/faluzadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/60494159320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/475c0411032eee9eaeffb09ce9402dfb/gigorotuvawazeranos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahaadesign-com-tw.sales-frontier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipufatobuzotorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/falazipunemefidap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzoltosagmihald.hu/userfiles/file/safasofijubixefuropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sprostredkovanieuverov.sk/res/file/51149095502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/38139612032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proallprint.com/userfiles/files/donoteweniziva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewerifovevojamagawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sitisunimokeninodaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/naxezemebir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/sonevatuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=letter+of+recommendation+eagle+scoutPDF 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_off0000f259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF259 10876 bytes
SHA-256: dbd182920642e4ef29a6530f6aba17f590a59d296352d2de16a5c1056ff35138
font_01_sfnt_off00010b41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012353.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12353 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 01684d6071e476f1ef245b85ad2bedeb252fd30e975d416edaed1337afe90421