Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58211a6b0346f9d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:12:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7c3a44d91ce6f17d7655645c92033bc6 SHA-1: c530d72247de562efb77b40d1d734c1ade15668a SHA-256: 58211a6b0346f9d23d906068daedf64c0dd4913be623232b3c0eb2b75201ee14
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure point towards a common tactic of luring users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+photo+viewer+for+windows+7 PDF link annotation
    • http://mcutech.net/files/pexokokuvuxikaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8be079c6db---92819178010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76399097265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdvv8brcjnb8gv14sl30ieui86/46161838691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3d71f59ad3e7658353608e104bac70e/tupetutewukajosot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/rutefojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/28733493137.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bada20a727---60015974900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/vavokitikoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa776dd21e96e109fbbc51484c8e088e/97227831454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7kom3l2c70mr96nodhtfut3l2/86490702714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729b7820055---82041697282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trg1tbtcrd4jmo9pd7kvt37rus/xusezutusozemedamupikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bee3a968cf771a015ce6a21c91b51986/86804087408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebdac5a1bbd88612a96532acbd6ddb73/bivulatonokisuzibevefebem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhieuchuan.com/upload/files/gurapawivanajulovofabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/vibelefexuvuzovitirepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rs8k2qkd5h7v5j8lkmv16i2pr1/vomagapawalepupiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff68c36b24---rowoganipiwugojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-zra.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1890930296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/12019409454.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_off0000db7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB7D 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 9d7a6aed35a4ea5bd88c8d9a2e39bbb9306b8cf2be5aba57857e8f9ddb12b28b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E5 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 2f653beb744f0367c9ea67936f12e5b31fb3d5626e63ef58209e0fb51ae54e3e
font_02_sfnt_off0001226d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1226D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1