Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58066f089b955acb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-07-30 22:22:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5b4a4cf331bb1720a5d5d19dd6beb28a SHA-1: b79b6b4c35f8d2610461283cfc7083d77b7b5569 SHA-256: 58066f089b955acb7c14dde890ead1ca0d465cbe79d8653639cb03e21312aeb6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 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://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec7a7ad05b---vagijagofaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad130d5b41be1f893f3f0ba11bf8dfa6/nadakivobulelafupego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/32850550610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48o9n8le7cu2r9reiip9o3oi54/ruxuxipudegimibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/lefatorojazupagixelemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/56691624920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/79515934754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r549kt8o8mk0nghc6gqt1u5rh6/51438356765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/47114412116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99e3f266e8---31600412067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dae12652ce---86065512225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/jenisodiworurivaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f60a8bfda---pazinixuziriwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735f9e8d301---sasaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/67107675394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaisar168.com/contents//files/piwujagizawuxutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb82ba4673---nazajujonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/12586993999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ceb7b668408d9f9d52a0de2db78934/70933073619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf623e9d40---naxuvaridasegusururu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86c8a4c0d0---4784907504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1a459411628fcaabb40c05ab833de14/80419124285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeclassof1987reunion.com/clients/37165/File/9881348292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/gugaxigesisamarudotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=libro+el+secreto+de+la+ley+de+atraccionPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000118e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000130fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130FB 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 4431c63aa80e3352a88a0f40693e2b8110b7baef94a7d84c75fcbd8bbd9e32df
font_02_sfnt_off0001493f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1493F 19848 bytes
SHA-256: 96082b0f3900d2c5a047df5dfc35125c240421b93c833087e8149255bf023791