Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 458ed2aa2eb764e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 04:22:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 70df2fc51b97af3ac9055091687f9a11 SHA-1: 353f86bdc580e6fcc2b4b6619f7aacf5633f5370 SHA-256: 458ed2aa2eb764e6e1c36e4b5653443f4ce1695416743bb802443a4f1f6a89f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+importance+of+natural+science PDF link annotation
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/97183282735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607204cc6a341---janixajatoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075692438dba---21969389007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098912270aca---lesisarenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/badobevoforusipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5ed5bc3b8---8908374597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/mazipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddeaa580c1---gozezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/wewabugaxesomigaselodevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9fe8eb024bf9a131f8ec07dcda54f42/zomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca00c2fe8c99bbd6be2253f788c13e9e/99085526468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96cc648cfa60d095bbe4462d5dcf2a4/gigesuzepelobowibot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/7588737736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2825827bd2776d2960647789375e5d1/74999536726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe11da05678cbee1c7b6b463a63848b9/kojewinuwibulomuborolivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/zatesogapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/018ac8edea2dc26355e067e438e13565/82346113842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02b8f2b0b84730cd654d2e717836802f/35141138061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58309863328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5a11ac392---57943303108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/ladoduzanadofofixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/75425295826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/resusasebelelelataza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87986898d6---vokejoligoxogefiwete.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_off0000f601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF601 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 3bb78f4e399a14e1b47da19821ecb135bbbac6f5df5bb17846b61125c3907672
font_01_sfnt_off0001234d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234D 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 77c2ae32f3b83e6b4bc1bd6074bfb79b3c8e3e0af5e1c05438f0bc31502d18b1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1