Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb59683c63c72c21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-06-12 04:30:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e89226d3faab1c76e78cb6cf144108c9 SHA-1: edb2de77ab5f90afc950441c0e257aa6dbfed5f5 SHA-256: fb59683c63c72c217779fff94f4df17ee53a484efd5c5accd482cbfbc23a7c6f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document is classified as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'Download Now' button further supports the phishing pretext, aiming to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bodmas+worksheets+for+grade+5+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/186a3ad2b07839a2acc190504b61e08b/85169915794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd474088e16---nasores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c64cf6e1bd469d7d7b2fc88a1284ee/54980496422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f8cd8960692388a58362db6ea9b0e8/56808054267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a821b6f2a2d---zitesagugovokajufizimona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ui7b03m01118bubvrp9lnu3871/6250189328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/rilepitajipavuwirajudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b9b1a4c0278980099166ba20dcf58b0/vulogaxube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/wesaruboziviribofavedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a000d2abea7bf22a626680069237e49/79403629547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-6/20210506231001358529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c379b3012---sunakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mh13srq3rjuk8k5hf5snec9f78/10538479020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd0td2hhhjjaoh5ok8mgqgs02u/setonikorotezik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851088e4247---63357197859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/77495414437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.htmlRegularDanhHongIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/dnhhngIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE260 5752 bytes
SHA-256: 540d2e950e578a014b1f3652187ce2fd5855f012efa946f3ea90ebd42106c62e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DD 4068 bytes
SHA-256: 0479522b34abe26c70c9f3f1371acb4081736f7bfaabd156c6ddbdecca0a72f3
font_02_sfnt_off000101c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C4 11532 bytes
SHA-256: 81b072d04c86e21f1bf3bca05cd36773404eda200c31c52d7cc97669f0406298
font_03_sfnt_off00012976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12976 16076 bytes
SHA-256: a8900255786e93fe3dc99cf9d7c067ca87158e76761c5217078cb2e1bc3e027f