Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 458f74138b4c4e66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-08-13 09:18:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 73cfadce2cb61c6b453e5cc7dd614a10 SHA-1: 6a5d17fc7791730b3dc9bda837fa8d1ba1b91b3c SHA-256: 458f74138b4c4e667ca00abbb8ae6957555520eb4713924eedbc203e2c3126b5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, potentially a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782468e0e43---6754730853.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/44659975199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2d74045fc---mezinawetuniriwatuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/34184294113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/9882656383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3bb2efdcc---tozinidudedenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lajovisena.com/gallery/file/37136280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/vovowetaxovoxidefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bede2eef22ab1d86b890cc6840cec8/97377669313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1886837ac27b361c7686560129eadccb/66159460827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610cba89593f6---vodazabomajodinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/34383221636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/22689230843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609469084d8d8---39552742198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9a33cea8e---famuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/68986786664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/43936792407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e629b5752---38892610904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kunmaq4h61mf2c5mtna6p0899s/82384309535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brunagabriele.it/userfiles/files/navepivepomejafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/30294510409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instandee.com/Images_upload/files/telobisuxavexevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/zegesaxudovekiwukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31676055507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=wing+chun+pdf+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5AF 10580 bytes
SHA-256: b67ae9fffebe94c4b30947780df9e7f28a8e91fdc7bbe24a2ac82d0038b08fb9
font_01_sfnt_off00010d82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D82 6884 bytes
SHA-256: b1890dc5af8569a7ff205359224e2e1997cf836e6a8a821a6824516db540d5b7
font_02_sfnt_off000124fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FD 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 97bbb3191b4d82427e64508c9ba92febb3ada7aa0f787c95d0a4638e8cc6f4d2
font_03_sfnt_off000153c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1