Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fb58618545a4d46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 14:21:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 573c46f27abc4ccde104ddad83fabff7 SHA-1: 2f7a58b0293b6fc8a337ee987a6894d9323d30eb SHA-256: 4fb58618545a4d46c1bb539296d4f25927a31b1e645435e17d741386a7aa5036
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host PDFs, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using compromised infrastructure to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/fapirevamoruregopovojo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d87ff25553---66390081602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804694d6ad1---dogitokojeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/bapanuxotiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalanpa.com/images/upload/File/9678692423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100474d0451d---powaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e78771b74fc8e1c9e447c66629b6ab62/27123109358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/48234775230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f47ee8c09bb7bdfbde27c0ca222d4f/jadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210707155947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4227c08a46aa1ee0cd2ccb2ac784fe5/fodolewudemubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d68abfd5b2e---zutadavalipotes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/27622485458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69762345462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d74aedac621---83429012975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4b0c7c145---7721236128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf38a190dd---wosotadamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74198796a4---zitejonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/diginexivenubidudutito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4f908c372---majuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d17f7ce2ace87c780a9243522bac21fb/pisewek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://form4concrete.ru/pics/cont//file/tenonixavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/vusebomidugela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistralizmiryonetim.com/uploads/file/dobokuxofos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=nintendo+switch+online+apk+for+iphonePDF 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_off0000eec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC3 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 01fccd382d0f425c62fa7dbdcdcfe645102e18390c351d21485730f2b8eda31e
font_01_sfnt_off000107e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FEF 1700 bytes
SHA-256: b6744b52a823c6e0caec6b019a394156cca920341963d9a1e29782b3509c409c
font_03_sfnt_off0001280d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280D 18664 bytes
SHA-256: 3d4bd6c02af04c70fd35bb4941a522a3aa78e806a956d82386dff6c9b54f1b04