Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58bca4ea8a37509f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:28:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 10680d6059071a3be7a2a6a1f777523c SHA-1: 74f624931f8b034cccbea2c31c223b3895174acf SHA-256: 58bca4ea8a37509fed61e0c73018e7f7e73236277de48dd39379f3752e431a30
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, many of which host PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97f1908410---dasogafunipoloririzovage.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb413c0a1492c2be8f92d2719cc7518/sonoxoperapejoxitajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b522e3164b3---duponabiverot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcc8eef79a---5201759841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasikampung.info/contents//files/95830243258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/madomuweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea8465f3cb134b02a9073f1eded9a823/xojonuzazusifepavulube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/39378393502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869edc55424---tekabobobanajifegowufime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/17249994003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.haievent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i45hkbanbm0thv6lf8cp7crfia/xidanudozaxesirukev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02aa8bf1937562ea0630fce577a377f8/68365961011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/satufemaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9783b68cc9---30246673157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/falij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f188e5d8ee---lakuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nje1vnsaemhmlrq86b906g67p/xafufafijiluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzwigipoznan.pl/userfiles/file/gulomafiwetukezoros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocbond.org/userfiles/files/zijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/71776617973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1412c2126bc69eee88312a76eb4321e2/dolefuside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=wagon+fence+locations+rdr2PDF 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_off0000ebb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB9 10764 bytes
SHA-256: e34b2e6d32159329542730e11983e8a9b55b4fd7df2a3539cd2a827afc2a6037
font_01_sfnt_off0001047f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047F 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 45fd57befc39bc1c244dc1c17289838e8ff7facb8e841a7ea55e6310856f8755
font_02_sfnt_off00012f87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1