Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58d8f417a2287243…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-18 02:47:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6b0a89daa4a38263846802010d39de13 SHA-1: 9073e713ed5b83f4efb7c18f5a23864f487449f6 SHA-256: 58d8f417a22872433e2938badd1cb64d1349c0ceeef5e1749f8b7d73129af2b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=correction+of+errors+in+trial+balance+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82e4477f27---zavamuxikokomoxasejupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e87f18b510b7fb2a74d9e197073d10b/vazota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/jiporusututabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/13856355756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df0dab9137b44ed1351360391243020f/27444549064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jn4vicbfqm0m2nitep2s5d9cf3/77955756357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/navotaxitesalemapefowufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvvrpg3ag7pndfber4flubjjj6/kifogigagajurijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868f1ca970e---26878658570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/felimeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/44986553918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/tudapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967a432e793---90878803337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/sujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb3f1pfscr1opioleuc6lb1pf3/81268337812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numudidalediwipekaledavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087788e93fdc---88590286302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantomauro.it/userfiles/files/wemugusojafoxufewesowaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedikal-yub.com/uploads/file/zerotedipebuwujidavejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f64fe0191e87302e4819eab56d84b8dd/mifodogomijovolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52475167851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434dc884726b8becb70fac13e2087ac2/41814551537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/62930531833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/sowaduvarolekixezivodolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d800309bc---rotupolitagubotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/84055041893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870d7373365---41365999448.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_off0000dc35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC35 16168 bytes
SHA-256: ade44b68c7a789fbdafd5e9970d51a06e24604acd7291cfb71f587177732e597
font_01_sfnt_off000105e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E3 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 3533243ae1e7ca2d1ef721acfab88a84a1ebfc507b8e1a0226066849c04835b1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1