Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58de5c7c2c94060b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 461cd5d5ad75542e8aa1d1f5eb6e2365 SHA-1: 502642c0611e8ab62de988c0675f1d08d8db4d9a SHA-256: 58de5c7c2c94060b2d13f9a04e1a72514ddd1dff0d322ee2ab0eff0c6cc1545d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to a link farm designed to host malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d123a9ed50---36748683967.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cdf65b276---37479607109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55c4fdf25677c79eab07d5d15b1317a7/25084527658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj5idaqqfrd28am7v9h9ja8be1/45523021309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/67987394823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eed11b8eefda98b9510a9fa2181fdd8/rigazisusatagawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/45518592069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/69250231200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c7a6c3b8c---rixuzabelanerakop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1817ce856---wuxexuxudelezovupuvatuxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a788bd2b852---78332827915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0130d42a63---jigetakitovuturifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/72290545849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/90031272235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1cac146754---bexuzenaperasazomekusojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a1fab1108921aa995fa9b8425ad6493/30912655084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/rojetifaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttarj8kpq4rgs9pnlq19j132b7/tetojutezuvaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a88871c5d0779775863ea5a6dc60b04/rogukebuzewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c93ee00877a34e286b10a1667a9a5b0/worukapulafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608279395f800---badogirinugoxire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/84761219911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e23ad1f818867127146f1504199a34/garoxozog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/32768901139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e928313189f18f81eea6ee327bd0fd3a/45858927531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bddc2e7ee8a4a6cb21d4e6124ba6569/45560908402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/51693167328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=def+jam+fight+for+ny+the+takeover+for+pcPDF 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_off00011040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11040 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 8000e6cd874f2c6b46a5e61d902a5ad5f5436a68a3791f6889b826d57fc38e13
font_01_sfnt_off00013d49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15560 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 11f31ee275b897b65f260b495ab6ff012d6b103cc6c6a80eaf2ce0c2016685c1