Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58aa2a6a19cf7aab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:55:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 72165d39567462d5dfed7a1253f1b1ce SHA-1: cf4a2318da706e0bdd5c1d7cab68dc7bacf66e5b SHA-256: 58aa2a6a19cf7aab9919381118d7167e63cbd97e705674c82a73486346656a44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this PDF is malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution pages. The PDF's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to exploit user trust by presenting a seemingly legitimate document that leads to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cara+hitung+dosis+obat+anak+pdf
    • https://markaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vigegobifanisegebap.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eea264cd15---zipixip.pdf
    • https://mudrun.com/home/mud/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixofavupasipebizazaz.pdf
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/jerofukugetusoz.pdf
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/nekorixilijefilidadofit.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a0fe08888e---49007432002.pdf
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/xafokapulaxukopiferama.pdf
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/11412266260.pdf
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/55024963759.pdf
    • http://baltic-rt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punebega.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bc9f14e9d---muzefesoxalinibufaz.pdf
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/63256699135.pdf
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/wuxenukipaxofomitoli.pdf
    • http://gavinlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/99975878146.pdf
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/28974545599.pdf
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/karerufugevemipofi.pdf
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59416338094.pdf
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/labiwezo.pdf
    • http://nhs-carpediem.com/clients/46367/File/bedaze.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c16768fd6---sozurukulizoxo.pdf
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6avo3visrqsf5m2hvn9d45ao0/kobokitomikijozim.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cf7e9693c---mupopijutakipirorebag.pdf
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/4297227689.pdf
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/balamuwonunijijadonu.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttnoau9dqrajg055bph8l4q8ed/20309858292.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c4e5.bin
aefed56adce057b06d400b6e9d429ec0c04d3819a4ceab7040dcf295b79206d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4E5 10964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddde.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDDE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5f0.bin
7188f774133c92b1c72b9e2663c8d0ef787356ca224a165660db974da29c1df6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F0 16732 bytes