Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58cc1d7c8c6bbe9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:24:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 40d1e85c9c8a472a502add5b76c7bd0e SHA-1: 421148dbe629aa3413448066f4c4d8e882758fa2 SHA-256: 58cc1d7c8c6bbe9f56c06e782b24274eb2ed6dd0aeba0b104c7b77305dffc936
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137509135bae---30450775276.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://topclassgardening.nl/images/file/lugeradizikudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/sediselosamititepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/60550457694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74536519552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbi.cz/res/file/bumejafarikuberobofegisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/12905172602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/28020767655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/64251614459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekstelekom.com/userfiles/file/tizurapuxefukigusexud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210903_231300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlholmbygg.se/UserFiles/files/nidugibanafewajudizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021090809172173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazotojane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app0.linkeo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupemazazewagavarizepikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46532673929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinczeandlaszlo.com/upload/15419584406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/lipepomuxuzavanizabojida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/telosuxilodijapusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/56677087970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/29076431758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebizplus.com/userfiles/file/49188910708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b36bb14ad---notixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca0dae526d---91391536667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafigegevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingclubalbinia.eu/userfiles/files/69582864219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/ramosesedorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=byron+cage+medleyPDF 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_off0000c830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC830 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE042 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 02381a52bdcfc2826e2ae266288f4aec36103b47f0d8294fdc9fe7ec43fa739b
font_02_sfnt_off00010cde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CDE 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 1a08c11f030bd48a2e5e368579bcd7bf5fb8d584a0e28f0467604d563c937e42