Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58e3ee6c52a1c747…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:18:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 196bf8c8126c50ef714a621adce54237 SHA-1: 14ccb42f1f580302c44067b7b185b870ec77689c SHA-256: 58e3ee6c52a1c747deb27f82308c75ab68ae69f9b29fec9182b9ed32de55bb16
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, primarily through its extensive use of link farms pointing to compromised websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b23111ba5fd15975157d4f3aa2a772c/dominomidogof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wujipacking.tw/upload/files/vagiwaferuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fd21ec46032e11d17993dc2b8762965/73284935488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhome-listings.com/userfiles/files/99626932202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pegotofegisamotonalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35932582864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanstm.com/ckupload/files/81344314071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610eeffe1aafa---wezijifoxowojunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa44c4f263---26485577023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a0af80176---gujaxixanefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parinet.fi/tiedostot/files/32123636357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/67187512433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f54b4843c5---46461633857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu880otcg9jnlq2u5t2d8npv1r/nigewebidorosolowoxesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phyllisrubensteinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/68395268462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d2ede548fe---94141472056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66f572447b---32214695319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611965b025dd6---70505251721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahirealty.in/admin/userfiles/files/delokazirikulutodaragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e654e9f5d---wazoxajodiponesewolos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/warodivele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e49b8d46cb---jexafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=building+vocabulary+skills+and+strategies+level+2+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_off0000ba42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD254 17052 bytes
SHA-256: aaeb45833c1242d06de3ee7f4b999482bfec0a265a6c2538c3e69e1dfb9c9147
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE9D 11480 bytes
SHA-256: 5e511ad996a1e786096632544b61a0886e80b24dff34b75d08e689cfbebceea3