Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43abe58fe9e3e00f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:26:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e01e519ae751b2338eb34cb7882e6b3c SHA-1: 8aca5d72ae446a3b0e08974b0f556dfa80afe46a SHA-256: 43abe58fe9e3e00fc12748b169e4cb3a3bc1211e274fb289788e5a37916e66ad
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as an image-based lure, typical of phishing campaigns, containing numerous links to external sites. These links are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a tactic to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 69 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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=decimal+word+problem+worksheets+free+printable PDF link annotation
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/536485c8b727190d78d6f07fd6a3fc57/52848961145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/907704319609da042b39d5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d4f9427b4---90921285763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/45323283494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecfb7e75080eb9cbd41d23ea72d77be8/82424711429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608223855f640---mimarevozoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9f202f4fb0752df9e853cab2779489/kavutarixodebesigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bdea828b2---bisinawulirawabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/pumuxelapogudipexipagube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/juwovugez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirutte.com/newsfiles/files/jaxukuwasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/88905193353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/sivadomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b96e1c541c69ec302047cbd3fc66859a/91358267900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8298593a04a0a3d2af8f7b775c2acaf1/16459138462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/75516433041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/190bcee8a80dce790fb196b199d5807a/kifakomizikiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114a9da860d3---51940873416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.arborvitae.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23571895529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/ruwuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53533521535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68f4b6f999d77fd838d1ec23832f97c0/lexiwiwuzusebiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47246701145.pdfIn 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://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_off0000b152.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB152 11204 bytes
SHA-256: ad718b5cf681daa05b45eccd987824769c11eef4e3d2497ae894feca696e95ff
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e33b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE33B 14364 bytes
SHA-256: e75e1d5ea2bc8f75e264bd7efcdb3d61e46a69929aa0fc182f629b2f45e3d1f6