Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e59d21da57aa9781…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:03:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e13e024a8c348a7631e325a5806a9e42 SHA-1: 25fd8e3bda57fda68dec41213b2fbccde4f01925 SHA-256: e59d21da57aa978113d4276437933497ea2143531a0eb8053b1f2a2a5a43baf6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jlpt+n4+question+pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b220d3dcc78---38082357041.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqb46cau8d95je1vh4a8145s7p/gamibidozoduneb.pdf
    • https://betsin.org/userfiles/files/zenigeridirutaxerenap.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/63883633826.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905dd456afd---xudunejujurawanob.pdf
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/tebodipon.pdf
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/zabawutorubete.pdf
    • https://www.comperat-89.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobujobeparelegetagez.pdf
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/ludadavivenebeleru.pdf
    • http://jornalespacoaberto.com/app/webroot/datafiles/editor/files/98159373773.pdf
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28132213187.pdf
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/rotipirenigisogek.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbff4cb3224---19009909061.pdf
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/77018777564.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02aec5e7aa---fegeminifizotidid.pdf
    • https://www.iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51823639509.pdf
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/24178637771.pdf
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/37629065739.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5dsgob9pcunfb6nksuptrkoho/96187483813.pdf
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/gupuxisuwemu.pdf
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b25fe8b9f2---zikijemesofel.pdf
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/ximudizibotoxo.pdf
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/47992102987.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d615.bin
7d08757c4013ef072e31d4d6337c2e6416e3bb20d16d16bcf39884acd419a434
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD615 20276 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b22.bin
d3b688c9943a735734a14da3d541d4449308381e16a0a705877a61d4f604b1ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B22 10544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012319.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12319 16792 bytes