Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62e58e9c1e8066a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-06-17 08:56:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 6c5fb0a37a7ba04c97188ef7bc004ff9 SHA-1: 17ee97eb9be2a7552e80ba744ce7735c94825202 SHA-256: 62e58e9c1e8066a4955046747de483051612b697c2fe2b2203faff825702443f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of hosting malicious content on these sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=giving+performance+reviews PDF link annotation
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/28014695091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6be415440117ec0860fff4ff0440caf9/87235103507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9d805b762---pumubiwizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/zovufiwisenawifabirud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88712c8f280bdd133630da5907a226dd/fajexedafovitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifspannbh270smalebgktbh821/30375350823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5cc20558c---bodowejajevumajuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/vutalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/puzoxonibigivapesemipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74af9e372552ff8faa05d178a2d010b7/lividif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb876374f5---tilokujewinuxozosikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/ziwovunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8fr6kdnhi0d68drgl0nt8o0ki/48299706135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/dazukosatasejumifiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abi8f3oa7mrerpei7r09bqoghn/towuluxozokit.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_off0000fde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE6 5488 bytes
SHA-256: 51404244ddf74c07ceb20c328d3267c8685eb5f23b10e043f01f35e3e82d83a2
font_01_sfnt_off0001109b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1109B 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 26a7ae24e25f397abf39508b4d75792e47e9d13291b595f316463854a6219ad6