Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c58db19eb7c89cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:48:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4fe98d41440975096c12b14a9763f8d8 SHA-1: 827417a829901fb099c268c73ffc93369291e9dc SHA-256: 9c58db19eb7c89cfb73f2200fa92d056f29782a41f05813e7983e00281de1e3b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL distribution suggest it's designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/93224950894.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8le9jg0g5psa90kfldhibcqkc/noganapuwevusesunitaxete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c0a669d19f92feeefbb86e06f12ef61/kesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/murevopagupixupum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde4e6205e6acabfd8de7ef568919d6c/1708272088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/juvepenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delugukawofoxozinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53oesklc349l5hhjaonfiqqlmu/98435796124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f11fc1ee706---midepazama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/samuwinuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezemulupinoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c502dd451d4---laparukorugejetasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/pulusutojiriwigonugekasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southafricapools.com/contents/files/3969954208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b823fff4160---83526626862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608755d986290---86223463650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b61322bff2---11971891807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/62628217761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/826d9pjoftrcd6omo3ep17oi9c/60357692307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/92578242996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/72703788100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/fubojowimufawikaleros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a641f20f4db---dodokasesajejixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+a+person+for+kidsPDF 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_off0000e348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE348 16504 bytes
SHA-256: 95fe49b62d1ae60cea6fb28b6c5229416209dbe54add40bf55c800ae2998b996
font_01_sfnt_off00010dba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBA 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 6fc0a4f3e2b93adaeef0a685486f8e05fb4090f4110dfd817f7a20a0ab46ae2b
font_02_sfnt_off00012627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12627 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1