Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 058389f1af8c3346…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 14:41:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3c09702a4b3cf11561a741f8f04c768f SHA-1: 2675050bb5a0127a7b501ab6c69509610310feff SHA-256: 058389f1af8c3346eac2baa5fb193afb4fd91d15b42d5f5739e7aa91daa3d10d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the extensive use of compromised and disposable domains for hosting PDF files is a strong indicator of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t6ru7rigp12ubdk8c2dsvp1todlnels/85469295450.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/dixuwonubafapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091dd43c5b3e---91017520920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef50f0709f---52585733458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/vaxisexatebanilujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieiras.pt/imagensprodutos/file/25048098068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rwdwebwebdesign.com/img-aim/files/39197918815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/99052778872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/jokigifufeferuvajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e96ca5dea---99290265559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/kitivegonevora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/67339751178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c010f59574556c91ca3a9a07879809bf/gatokupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furmanreunion2021.com/clients/3/37/3732e4fa3878e851f9d164dff32a9cbb/File/tidebojezozatepawomipibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/xudero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/19917093520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06a224d641bb64dd487ef783532169ae/xofobudigekezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd085cc48c---kirefepavumuvorupizelevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/ketutiwudowomazujenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719880c22c1---felogobubosiludetuwawanaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5a4885d82aef043c189c09c26d045c0/97819942318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a2cb96e4a---10339183743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/tetewejirogixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com//files/vogedokimafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+limiting+reactant+in+a+chemical+reaction+is+the+reactant+thatPDF 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_off0000e57b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE57B 10640 bytes
SHA-256: fdbe7f3daa29efb00e7e896a56a3c3fb9e13ab444ff73d8bd53b791f7b9cc93e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fda4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B6 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 73a67dcea9f1c478571e4e5121e403d36555578b42e23472a0f03999fa195f8b