Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58d956959f18bcc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

153.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 17:33:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 03531c99502810ad573b9c364b148b48 SHA-1: fa7c1ee372eb70e5bf6349452e883a1d84b73e87 SHA-256: 58d956959f18bcc64dcfa029f7ffd6cd991aaba3c239f44def0600421c970a01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that uses a link farm technique to host multiple PDFs on compromised websites, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a financial pretext. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/98246309497.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3aa70f0ec5---21715576950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9db9a278a3ec9ce609bffad6f9a56d4a/15073117186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071aa0985358---ravofogusuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalinpress.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60155409277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45548ab9866a6c2ba5316489ecce993c/7548777448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lph0dc7o1h5e2u3h8bkla0n87/70304785391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk2sekpv791chjtsva9c13pd2f/doviputuvonuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161174cccc464e---96786480267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/90590956987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/dezixoxarep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/53297743320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608801c133a45---23737371241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f4e7528d3---bojemokamabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prota.ru/upload/files/7323166129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210626_120610_1399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seritour.com/rsm/files/masezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608798e798be7---muxulezupiwixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///98907157971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a856514e0a6---95118559040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7fb054d725f8f1f974a0fde5f5dd8d2/vikifuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/33887612773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b234ae71d---lojopetezelatul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/5632653561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=financial+accounting+ifrs+3rd+edition+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0001efaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EFAF 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 162d9aac5d96d234f18366fdbfe7c2c54131a29cbe7b9c36059388da624fde98
font_01_sfnt_off000209b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x209B1 18580 bytes
SHA-256: 4adf4bd5dfab93c4a101b9b83e9ad44edbfd93d6a07fc9de8aa3c2d36593d22b
font_02_sfnt_off00023adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23ADC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1