Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58b96fbd8c1d9895…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 22:41:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: c79eeff1a4197a660599ac59528f9487 SHA-1: a3f0a5f2c870804eadef3066368c5380b49df6e4 SHA-256: 58b96fbd8c1d9895abfa69e2b21ae188051f84ff08f41695720a9c9ecf892e3e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+english+grammar+book+class+6+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r9qn8g0644vh0kj6fiet3gqq4/36789361882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/7402748175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a950e4bfc---66668013996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e056ma51s1n77o7io8s9olels/gasexomexifidadexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitoduma-d.com/files/files/fijexomelizabatalewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/42321952113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/44680924547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/vufupakuzuwivatatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb1e439866---vejepegubalojisoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1c66768fac---5037690564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf78c54d15---bizuvewikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/586d5lbpma4bnhgu4snc4u7mes/titos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/fiwepenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///9357775397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/xumalokidazule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607705107e836---39964939584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/barageziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimidazewegexinudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df08314d9ed8609d3e84a7dcb97c537a/8831462551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupafurman.pl/!mag2011/userfiles/file/xorot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b058c0a130e1df870d5fec207d1696bb/87474584417.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_off000134bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134BC 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 329125cd410b6ed095048ae108f52c18ba8b2b30416297555778dbe5f5fd7df1
font_01_sfnt_off00016207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16207 11528 bytes
SHA-256: b4a946c840738823d43e8c02d27ba7d5c02ab61b03e19cfc5928760a233a1784
font_02_sfnt_off00017cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1