Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58a51d0edc226e8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:55:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: adf13bb8f7fa7c464d584dc316a9b07e SHA-1: 1eaa9bbf7c1f03673557de7fabf3d737a200444d SHA-256: 58a51d0edc226e8ff60ed6ace61d450c44d37de8140af325176e8824e2cd6631
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a browser extension or update, which is a common social-engineering technique. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, suggesting it is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://azizolace.cz/images/file/kekorepezevedunen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopizenutonage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vontobel.shopbyeberli.ch/userfiles/files/20892025850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/fujixagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mg2306b1u426p9gvc4vbc7u63/5314014741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/47887857563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2eecdabf7---dokobobowifalosozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41aa7846b0---jitowil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b3f183810a208bc8ceca28038c0eb3c/14302178463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/41544893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722d9ccb542---navisuramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/wawefenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/13742548987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1df99086ae---jevibuwilupabugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/pixujilabagizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/bewuvaxirog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ljuc20eoioe7f4dvo0p12bc46/8886978210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rinsacars.com/files/others/xuwonagofazuritus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076260b39d4a---rozurinukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/fujirobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd48a684fe---5448379827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/4388620236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/komudususisodazevepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsport.eu/yonexshop/static/file/vusizogajubijarimefalam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tally+erp+9+purchase+entry+with+gst+pdfPDF 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_off0000ef48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF48 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 3d6ef9d35776b2ff946b1cbe29ef29e8af96b919d66cb6de5e9a775c15e74601
font_01_sfnt_off00011d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013590.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13590 11208 bytes
SHA-256: aea4c79ce4b0fe516cb2bfa1950f30ad98d3c2d844e528c66fdbc7c58a30d93e