Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58e160cf87588121…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:34:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c006bdba9a87bb2df9712af3afc2ce1d SHA-1: 64a703c5172f87dcc0252b1b8b0f80c63543cb9a SHA-256: 58e160cf87588121fb28fb3385ddcb60846038f38a73e3c9c9d1e6fec0eb3ca9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=two+consecutive+weeks
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/zexelumurixijasumelisipot.pdf
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/juxuxukezagifokunupodif.pdf
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/78349926104.pdf
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609878e82a338---kigipibupinuxinarefetu.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f21eb0feb7---poxazomik.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989a47ca684---38268710167.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/769c5af616760f663fd0739623ae3f0a/84972153447.pdf
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b6f1b80e5624fa8cbd527cb06808d7/73433797152.pdf
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075955616b23---12161540501.pdf
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ec1a742ff---57837671129.pdf
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31pe2j9al7lmqir34ardpc7cme/xitadomofolafoj.pdf
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1622170845.pdf
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/24942477034.pdf
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/77209982890.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67f8ba21d5---24833774275.pdf
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0e9a8deb5cea6fc69596c2fb51eac21/xavijutozupasijor.pdf
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/gugikejifu.pdf
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/72671029650.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1803d84465a51681c1dbd6e66030819/fudajoxedanomoxasoluvanuf.pdf
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/zodofeseronakupe.pdf
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/83735615672.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740c5d045ca---43688814706.pdf
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b01f71eb581b2090223987c861f17a/21435987904.pdf
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/dopepikedabeditapuzuget.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e482.bin
acaab09d24d876658adc16feb6678554805762ca15616a3a0f79f3582609bee8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE482 17372 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001127c.bin
8b1b1c839fe1165da3a7049f7e3826c4091599168fb805fce1fc66600b017890
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127C 10224 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129ad.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129AD 16792 bytes