Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58aef60b20cc5b2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 20:45:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 15dd9dd7858cf825c3641a1c5f41db51 SHA-1: 16259f03bd572a73a33f124fd16b895c9a286731 SHA-256: 58aef60b20cc5b2f83d5104e412af8a3ec3995b9a0321121f55f9011e38df50d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or download additional malicious content. The presence of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and a link farm on disposable hosting indicates a pattern of distributing malicious files. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130eb1663617---63082814978.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nakatarikaszel.pl/app/webroot/userfiles/file/34171086664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86209470641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/45145916388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoachattn.com/image/files/52449571151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rarlaw.net/siteuploads/editorimg/file/dolekozudubariziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lor-rostov.su/userfiles/files/76816228374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a0ac3fb84---metiwusifofutabasimamodof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipssecurityconsultants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33016377732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetregistr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refiropesovadupitotalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149ca42bfc44---60570110336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents/files/25261244861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613248fecd4eb---robalefaxuvajuliwaleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/19504989634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents/files/58333861831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wappa.com.au/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nulefevarelovosifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/mozofofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spad.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/regoxetasisojatema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bepanobifuxetateruguvum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hk-delight.com/UploadFiles/file/xowukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsacare.com/admin/uploads/file/54754633461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/10410772270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/21258694482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=salvare+dati+whatsapp+su+sdPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36846836964.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_off0000ef36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF36 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 18f055e0f8789f4c6a28fc353c7936de7a2a7b298067ab031d9c4d2badf8aeb0
font_01_sfnt_off00011e8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E8D 10592 bytes
SHA-256: f4eafc0c9a2e7f57fa2a6527c524cda3fc6413d1b58c6a87df7a6cf8d0914115
font_02_sfnt_off000136eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1