Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e558919af696bbbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:34:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 94b7b6bf7d850725d236138bc0723f3e SHA-1: c11bbe7f9063c49b98dc8ee4fbcb0e6258cf2299 SHA-256: e558919af696bbbb67605b15f1a5412318900cbeda0ce18dfda298a23cc8c393
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress uploads, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm the malicious nature, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/wibazulut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/nupulamebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/xijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/nazegujekiwomekeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/398233831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/27841803944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e483307bbedc3411d33cd5de0427f5de/dopulipotuvedelujarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keysrotary.com/clients/d/da/da683cbc30bfd632b0b364d14bdd38fd/File/9066136417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/63529200501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8dljj0i70dbnuiuajtpp0unh6/fupasuluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c6rtfqdic8ush8dkutuucueaa/titufepifaroxulakirepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b628d110e93---19405867435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfbc6004cc---penemisige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f0e672a47---tevegewirasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/878a3acac5a9451b26405b6e6a7b5911/3155809392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psongfi8a31kkbs5po3km5d7n2/gulibuzukezegeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/62638447345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/49246176808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkergeneralcontractors.net/userfiles/file/76568368285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigozamisesanupolamalabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079927b908bb---gilapisufubobagaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=para+que+sirven+las+herramientas+de+calidad+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_off0000eb4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10361 19376 bytes
SHA-256: 1dff14392c08a6c62c0f32f6eb97b830870a83759dfde73fda4061071a1a97db
font_02_sfnt_off000133da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133DA 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 9fcb3f6cfce30a6522364e656425b40ba0d53802fb3a36b341667ce224d2458b