Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58dc977bdb83eb17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:27:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0703d4c9ea562ce25650772d5dfc8057 SHA-1: 6b35ec1a96a826a22aad489d78a340792e84d8d8 SHA-256: 58dc977bdb83eb176efccccc6f1debf79b47c12b5bc099c6e5fc9037242ac20e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is intended to deceive users into clicking malicious links, likely for downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f603523af4aca9a3620367f5c8cd55a/46016031300.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/tuzafapapaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaskinfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b798c9f9e2af69c3a5b950a06e4ade8e/File/98939424462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jn-zhsc.com/upload/vuriruduxibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3v2rkosd8pj0f7crokc143o0o/89502909091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e802041468c---72532994825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/70962726375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb4d72c14e---26384064193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzmansporzeminkaplama.com/resimler/files/12790236219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smith-williamssisters.com/clients/d/dd/dd6cbc7353a6ef31c13ccaa63ab862ac/File/novevarazitamazolufodavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozaruxivajodexufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/xijujazatexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi.com/contents/files/91336777669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neduvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/89871715520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/puwalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084984aea7a4---mipevefupakofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/90855366615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/wigila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/garepetizoreken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/48639088088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59846310301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0369e9ad75---21271769747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65401595710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=procto+glyvenol+krem+ulotka+pdfPDF 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_off0000d852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD852 18936 bytes
SHA-256: 2a8f837653e2fdce829ceeb46e377a0ca42b84534a95d83d19953fbadc42535b
font_01_sfnt_off00010977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10977 11076 bytes
SHA-256: da3214f5389e8f8a00a84fc297a795f7a6d7d91339420018ac62282aee245fee
font_02_sfnt_off00012328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12328 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1