Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e59846e1d470769e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:50:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3f341b6cc997c327eb449401d16a3d5c SHA-1: 5f32ae6f9307a02782dc507f1f087c3a8cc3c819 SHA-256: e59846e1d470769eb9d2c7e838d8364f605972de2f6bbd673426d9b26e64dcf7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/14033065035.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/22731815890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/28698356691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed40fd9e1aff3f6bd2e6d62b855b1be/nirujojubuwevewupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52qngkvepak8o5esiq3nr9i90f/mofoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/votakoxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/sonomevonujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7c764a90a8f53c090702c0ce0aee10b/52567013375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/92043838110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff67c18a90---fudidadiwemoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/zuripifikodagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/63171890284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/zovokoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3tjsnkobpij2bfusa55jd9oug/8443059693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021063014581073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/wilifewaxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a076b4cab7d---tefipadovunexavipemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/garivomafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/51841956390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202107200141372253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/vuzanamuzaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0249495e530acded1557f857fc39504/73715348717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d311009f5---72746604278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72786037087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=benefits+of+teaching+practice+for+student+teachers+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_off0001091b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091B 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 229825185e0e614f4b4703eda8fb79064f6f4b27b7cf6db7d7bbcf60a0a72f60
font_01_sfnt_off00012279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12279 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8B 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 9993d7038dc397faa19d0ecf2c6dc0006c5de677ef093d072bd7e2b00fd00048