Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d59856770b5542cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:28:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 484b505ab0433d8963e61ddc40c5e4c3 SHA-1: 35bc688c81d6afd2f2507b33fa31dda1153955e4 SHA-256: d59856770b5542cb6f9acb69fe845d00ca1728240d43cfb3b808af8562f17954
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious payloads. The presence of invoice and download button lures further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/jokobudunijusisexejolegu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruuipjr909tkqvl309hgvatatq/56089804691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/woradaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/79841292549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d772abae9dd45508f7c54c9db4090438/29221878390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/77382991749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d26223644b---narimebovoxujagudulebili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756aad37e5a---majipibimonasonibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/rinilefenobobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/wunikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082606c42aa8---87535297891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/47463235346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/tejopegedezererudukugiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafugesisesuraxaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d09b6ebf2---57460666027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b8c245fc0eb12ad48b3aaf663f201d/ritowiluximanizememegunos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/famefipudefopomazipezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bf55a7c8cfa62cf4e57e8f17bcb4e6f/23321550907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/mofekutevojakewodex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dcd0c5ebd---81373713068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d1c7a0796---88844141557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/gebaweleda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98206ecfb30f947204bb98b16de5f478/37297899992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7444ac589f57c1eb13dd9c9aaf10af4/81152079374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=junior+research+fellow+meaningPDF 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_off00014c38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C38 10864 bytes
SHA-256: cfe3f35f306acb71724deb43c29f2209498795909e89e3d21ad894e1f59f1d9a
font_01_sfnt_off00016531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16531 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 560a848198d629eb70aa353713dc17c9d37798f11fa919ab20473ba8b2cf374c
font_02_sfnt_off00019463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19463 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1