Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d59c8ed29b0b0a8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b35e244dc9fff421ed6aba3118c16e22 SHA-1: f9116539495d2deba456aa6834bcd250113ca156 SHA-256: d59c8ed29b0b0a8ec6d85b7f28c884bbc8bf22aebc564a1345397f57b532f979
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 heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the numerous external URLs suggest a phishing or link-farming attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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://chineseclothingonline.com/File/93831604717.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/turasatori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkontroll.hu/File/xixafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.com/uploads/image/files/25365353098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f93111e9578c0b58e2d2f58c434a1da/64254194493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2cd5ae50b---desumafaxodebulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e628fd22919a897720ea4adb2ead5e96/sifido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/zizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9852db6ade1033a8119d4ac336875c25/68335372454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulabenveniste.com/UserFiles/file/97691154849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://membermimpi.com/contents/files/53561745526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/93478488290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurau.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/16866299621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubuxerewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/61863176154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613923016c3b1---motapuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipzip.com/userfiles/file/15695721689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/dazerisajoresaluluwepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/sepagomovurezulezitidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decoworld.in/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/25565269320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614162a87e884---bogibukufupukazefosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614021af7ee2f---xilafoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jn-zhsc.com/upload/peniwiniduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoavily.com/uploads/files/besazegijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dierenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/12237113402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65246757889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rieker-consulting.eu/files/file/lovija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=5+letter+word+starts+with+c+ends+with+aPDF 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_off00011d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D1B 18336 bytes
SHA-256: acab3c7b11d1b4ca1235824b46dfa6305b9f90ca6f3ff3bc1e0d2c97cc1df0ae
font_01_sfnt_off00014c68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001647f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1647F 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 4c491acbd22a151e2f81d266c083075541523bb8178bc32a020434c856bb019e