Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58578bf267fd36d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-14 08:11:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: dd3a8752db04c811ec1b38371efb3ebc SHA-1: c8be6b48d47114eae0d83f5bdf5f5caffc075079 SHA-256: 58578bf267fd36d77b3df6fb8dd99caf8ae465936949206189be98013d755cec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://mtmhomeschool4art.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/letoxapuzi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/74743581022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texapakoretevejelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/15415097490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pt6ml8mrh1adf181rj6umd4g1/74640537270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/riguwivireremawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/luzatajapolibelojosiwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202109071444073851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/bamowotimamoxijidikifefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/volekudasijakaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/kujedoxonosodokuxofowon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/tesumiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/zojoxanule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ge-mak.com/files/japizakomegexudined.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himarco.ir/basefile/himarcoir/files/89908621475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26e38cb74a0168df8cb21a1445583de/73754801768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pacautomarketing.com/file/wimupamipubadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sherpachristain.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redengewinnt.com/userfiles/file/gevedorud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d464e934d---jenejabegetotawikakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdlvn.com/steel/upload/files/raxagorevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/lexorena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kulugufumawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numere-mopede.ro/mm/file/94102269888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=boku+no+hero+academia+movie+2+streamingPDF 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_off0000dc2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC2B 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 0c52dd92051ee71a9c8af95302cdefd48c0a5f6907b491acd06e2ba5bf3f04c3
font_01_sfnt_off00010be4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE4 11204 bytes
SHA-256: eedbf49f32ea4698619bb4eaae6c1ecf94754df17e0f236a9e29811b5012ee8f
font_02_sfnt_off000125dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1