Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b58e6e3a411e861…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 14:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b8e5e1e27632109837edc26ce9e83b4d SHA-1: 8a69536d29aa09202bbe42fe4bd60aa92d40dc43 SHA-256: 2b58e6e3a411e861e4e48998cde7e97863f1307ac15366f12fcacd6bcad3ba20
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded links likely redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 86 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e2a88d53e---dalogiwakosimepifijan.pdf
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/rixinosopupud.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu1spcg1k3nc9mbh8u5lig6d3a/kupegilenulunavaxorudaga.pdf
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/wiramamo.pdf
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00334f6917881b7c6054e9921e6001d6/76603435805.pdf
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba43069c9d9---92840780432.pdf
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/44504532327.pdf
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9c9a19018---98567795672.pdf
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d16ad5c2bd---37117717543.pdf
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/wobomazafanubitolopo.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de881ce835e114806c7b0a9fca36f2b0/raxigodovojekanavofit.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd200399a6---dilekiluzififot.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b279c65a6---94076265525.pdf
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/41054534933.pdf
    • https://fototipia.hu/files/files/butafuf.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916f059f3fc---zevekoxedozolunafaki.pdf
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210803_1F25E3EF74A6A179.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a553588f0a5---vevoxefuvemomitudegepe.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b461bf584---nijetekewinibilijekig.pdf
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7fb69939c---71245464237.pdf
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/detifuje.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73acb0ef94---804711033.pdf
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///21330706970.pdf
    • https://atrax.hr/files/82170920188.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=cuales+son+los+divisores+de+1269
    • 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_off0000fbf9.bin
ee9f53c531c84f005e3c1d3bc05152d125faf67b2abc7294f9be5798cdaf4b5e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF9 13328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011c5c.bin
12db6c87b0e6966e196d2cb7724bdb8da5caeb589ced5ff8b5725b12569e2b7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5C 10848 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013595.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13595 16792 bytes