Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f58bbf42af7c42b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 19:34:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e964d551c609c0d20c5759f3a2cd614f SHA-1: 989623fda129f04310fc8e0eb02538693fb737a1 SHA-256: f58bbf42af7c42b4fead6b89d0b66c0ccee41ef1b23a54cb487a4906a9e74c92
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 within documents. The file also features numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing lure or a downloader for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=let%27s+go+play+at+the+adams+pdf
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/rufamelanoxi.pdf
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/15357716280.pdf
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/21782243400.pdf
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/vetasemasefoduj.pdf
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/kadevelologaj.pdf
    • http://cdn.eagle.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/2738920807.pdf
    • http://mycoapaisyl.com/webimages/files/32337107404.pdf
    • https://ganganagardentist.com/userfiles/file/7906257557.pdf
    • http://ulleungroadtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_333B32D3F33D5B4C.pdf
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/15043762633.pdf
    • https://clubesolbra.com/uploads/files/36302577474.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351992eafe8---68854878066.pdf
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/dikepup.pdf
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobutirezawamiw.pdf
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nesexujuzawuzaropadozuze.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f801ae4544---povesevewupibub.pdf
    • https://inprovitcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40663942990.pdf
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/88567067835.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/368e1920b25a76d6fef0597102a9608f/57099325521.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396b5ef295c---rafosutadubusapagaf.pdf
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/58012551270.pdf
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/domifegarufap.pdf
    • http://seritour.com/rsm/files/sijuvifodowuwetas.pdf
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/51347363084.pdf
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/66173498666.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_off0000e440.bin
95a1e5b5b62db85dbd8afda6e4069a2f05d66033335c9bebab232ac654f5c83e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE440 10752 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114fe.bin
98945447c1af0ebccdbf8a2b57c687d8b5924fcca0358245bb34ea680cdc061b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114FE 17496 bytes