Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58e534a19ab6dacb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 19:12:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a74205b99e5adbdf6cb7e53d36d76b86 SHA-1: bc0d1b3d42fdb8a1c62cc9d296a755ef2bf30b1b SHA-256: 58e534a19ab6dacb3c957e84b4ad772d600f7c360d7a5d15ec38f29122c6cea5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with multiple external URIs, several of which point to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score indicate malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users through a series of links, likely to a phishing page or to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://krossi.ru/images/content/files/tupuwovan.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ambatownship.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21864851396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanalights.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/43300925468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/sozimuzepapisagasanafolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesovavigijifijopitenetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/sasezuwidevutekalumegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jowinbio.com/upload/files/202109102028112425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/34897988551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicincw.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/fexakimodolodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b748b6ac60---79764616047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents/files/57503220768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galobokalukovojitasewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e40ac562b5---95474306789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylplj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88388204331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/72113323239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/89343643082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosushi.com/uploads/files/77760679025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panelshock.com/userfiles/file/49144867946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbm.vn/upload/files/fekedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c538b1a84fd315aff4454bcb6035e74/zuruwulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideal-site.ru/userfiles/file/nogon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bivirufejodepalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/vibipuperovenosaxuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coverybox.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugemifugigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/1428050466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/dopubajisixumujobusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=adult+game+hdPDF 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_off0000b4ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4EC 10192 bytes
SHA-256: f07131852477d840b669e7bc5a74738fbb805cb91dd1de0db6569160cf43293f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB8C 14988 bytes
SHA-256: ec79ac5356ca9cd230069be975d4c250ff3b63b9ca29d9741655c548b57cc026
font_02_sfnt_off0000f13e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1