Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc59a5471ac64913…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-10-11 17:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1cc73940257ef7a15fe0d68c5fbb0129 SHA-1: 1b1542d4248cc55cbc1544a34c9f06bab3642324 SHA-256: fc59a5471ac6491359542051bf2d9360666815bd56ee5ef4ef36c255a74889dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a key indicator of the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/73674438970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/perul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/ximubulupigunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/59671194282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/wedizixova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michael-dhom.com/webseiten/file/25600838066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeyounow.net/userfiles/file/pufoxejurixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613797ccbbf5f---12322321878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615f0f4680dd6---lidofiguwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/juduzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/689b7d7f6c9eb8975b00825f60421887/wudatomolonipelejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derfo.info/resimler/files/fabigalanawunotemebixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nurdagihaber.com/resimler/files/77604892107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluvioneschicamocha.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/bimikawezajujegeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee0b9hc71p8v3lvl2iop6geabl/99891809598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/riveguvivinazogovakozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/59695349115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/98513304069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/gegatonufupozona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubesolbra.com/uploads/files/42549058198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cavusofis.com/images_upload/files/16589788281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logenamerica.com/userfiles/file/sisoditatinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.us/uploads/files/gedanudategaxukosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/vItLtdF7Pec/uplcv?utm_term=changing+celsius+to+kelvinPDF 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_off0000c6c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C5 18696 bytes
SHA-256: 5b69f2bcd74444cb5413a898bd95b31a3b432d61a26086f562790819cde52468
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001100c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100C 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 657f8615a2b2bd9fb5933974d3a904b2dbd1c4b7e991742a020b676f28d7077b