Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f59b4697da899163…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:50:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5e99fc5215735e02053280b2af743795 SHA-1: 1bc32ee6c29886cccf81ffffe794abe1881acd28 SHA-256: f59b4697da899163bef3007fdbad3b9189e19a0a533ab5f04b60f5ddaa9517fe
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. The file also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 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.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b53129be9---71071326857.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45df834c59747f798c9f5f2b1a3eec63/80264266850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/66482229434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7749772940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/74518286525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/pizaradijiveraluri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowdertraviscoats.com/clients/7/74/74ec8bd2877f4db8d0b9f56bae0111c3/File/butamaboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/56753490614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g61aph2gudnnaksdo1547h2l64/40225863562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cedddcf080---tevawipavijoxaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addac94c5c6---39122823829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/77201968685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa7fdcd78d---5692054381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/42924244369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98d3c9ee63---bupawuwimiwekilemuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-21/20210621031739488731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents//files/muzanuvasonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/gebesujowiwasozexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/28077037776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/bafodovana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/30728137859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ae58043639d2de8bc97dc161c541ccc/moxagewenitup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=garmisch+partenkirchen+map+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_off0000c07b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC07B 17816 bytes
SHA-256: e99c58dd9cd88661ea5445a2e5c908b2b3c3d755a18650b5d1253b9fcf8f2e66
font_01_sfnt_off0000eec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC6 10848 bytes
SHA-256: a7f96d5d9ce717a8f732c3eb352974b0be06d44d465463d610bfa207e7455f08
font_02_sfnt_off000107ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1