Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58eb24f99e82036b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-06-11 20:29:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 87bc57e3f89cb8d538d62c5d46459214 SHA-1: 0aea747f651062e2fe15a39fbbeb85a3f66ade70 SHA-256: 58eb24f99e82036b1a9e0de3a9fdaf139d7b19d2a9b2a9f420f20dad13d61cb4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to "Windows 10 activator free", a common lure for distributing pirated software or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windows+10+activator+free PDF link annotation
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t38ti3p7c92avp1lbhi8s6ehfl/27468073543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cfff85a80---raneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/91333596033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8dccaa3ca3---gaporawivowogonami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07jpfojqhuaiedf8e460lud37/duruvigima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d03c909b201aa10e4af59f2137a037d/zitexeluwexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fc646593a3530339c12484fbea83536/62884655722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa0da3f260---18252659981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608874d7a4b9e---69837086608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/29303685116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36148904555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/zejevusibelijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/88781902381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/zememeripiragifasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/monovazitenenezelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e381.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE381 5344 bytes
SHA-256: 1564e64ad02aeb651abc03a5039a4036a8d29cc756b36f686eafa5761ab900e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DD 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 231df4dc53ff5c4c597c149795d1fc519c6936d0006d3a2c49984a53ac2caa1d