Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b58b5b862339adc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-23 11:54:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d6ee634ee693260dc08259a8127e7c48 SHA-1: de71833a0d420753bc53566a3a9aa23ecdefc8e6 SHA-256: 4b58b5b862339adce7084ef91d4cd2c3a0192bd3c42f83286abf491b6259fd61
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file contains numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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=iron+clamp+laboratory+apparatus+drawing
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0fbf14ab2d0bf81fc520436adc09780/14230034278.pdf
    • http://ddrwc.net/clients/869849/File/55787873214.pdf
    • http://gibson100.com/clients/870224/File/89001314487.pdf
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedasutoxabunefon.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e7f14a349b9f602c1717f8acccd39f/xejawozijosiwexigerike.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343f2b99eb5c0ed8b725402a9b7dfeba/wuxob.pdf
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/81503988028.pdf
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakidilemonidenafovogeda.pdf
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/51812842059.pdf
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/57500561015.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b71762c94---dofexinab.pdf
    • https://vettercycles.ch/userfiles/files/pitimesezemiripif.pdf
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8166714160.pdf
    • http://kerrya.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajaga.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de2d10be970---sazeseni.pdf
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a5a27b7237d14be9aff6538e382fc48/supidogiporadorom.pdf
    • https://frontivo.ro/userfiles/file/36661248399.pdf
    • https://daismene.it/file/lexisolajofunileburube.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9086976d59733373aa3e8ab895a0102b/22098360550.pdf
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujd8b3f8e4essaoketa0p9rs8f/jasetofew.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2d8d8a120---77221955191.pdf
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/lujeger.pdf
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9fc219cd28---senegefirada.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c259e7414---zubusubevozewa.pdf
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/24188065373.pdf
    • 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_off0000e8a6.bin
5e95c63ab80cd64fbf30090d8c2eeffa03d2cf98d7f730594c253671a09b93e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A6 16868 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000114b5.bin
93d2d77eba2a34600049c01edd3c1d690e4775283cf71a34f78f5fb061ebdbff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B5 11116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e3f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3F 16792 bytes