Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e59618b7f14c31d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:29:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 09142618f333f029252843c34ce67943 SHA-1: 4331d7a91965997fa1dedcf228a38729e767458a SHA-256: e59618b7f14c31d48e41c2aa38dfe66647b7e84a683d2ee687855d57d449fa08
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious documents. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnpa91u4bsmhep48g10gavr72p/difuvasemoruvuwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/zososelizeputewaxupupina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curtisfamilyfun.net/clients/e/e0/e02f67ab5b6879a7eb6c21a3163f7106/File/baxofatapapaxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/vufiwubovidam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoachathoanggia.com/userfiles/file/37122069552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7823f5b210---malivajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69932422024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfk-dekoration.dk/images/uploadedimages/file/poluxaxotadotukanulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/repuwabutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309df96d02c---momiguzomewoxijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/lurijoxadezunipikawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b554ea51f3db293e85362035a7dd087/dipedoxisuvakerarisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86726165419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernendorf.ru/userfiles/file/pekomuzopogejexibikasixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/80440412258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/nepugimusufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf95e33f9c11a34528af28793c55223a/lalezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ffarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/21482473204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6e69a7b420---30682208239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/deguwajobetud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/19077143796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c5a02eae2---godaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=activate+worksheet+vba+subscript+out+of+rangePDF 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_off0000f770.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF770 11176 bytes
SHA-256: f61d9f7c7ea368d3dc83a2ad8c4677fee32b854864ba6e9409975b510818fd3a
font_01_sfnt_off00011175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11175 18624 bytes
SHA-256: ad3be160f40c6bdd0d5acd10c25991573feae6e5b19f60a39795e9f9a1bad1cf
font_02_sfnt_off0001421d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1421D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1