Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a58c89da20ef338a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 145626633c72fd7c0ae5c91c436ac7e2 SHA-1: 25232fa83a9bbb084f9be4ab8c2d185ef33b1d22 SHA-256: a58c89da20ef338aaa65785f36b237afc28984e3259ebaedb1cb89b5eecf0352
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript streams suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document also contains numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, reinforcing its role as a lure for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://rajasthanmetals.com/userfiles/file/64685489485.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/romaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08e02648c12212ac66c2f7cc18504c6a/gofoxazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/pozokubotibinejuwegasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/79517786146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/17246189639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202108300009297599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c9aec518a346b82c31f91fa218f5a4/libutejalavebuzubewimosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivaldiroberto.com/img/files/mediafiles/file/nosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/77731958614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b372ab81c53ecdf9814266b1e39e2cdf/96066288444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35189527310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozetoxurewotinodidakopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7429060de5---29299981284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/64386515076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/tizixaxefiniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/pumojijatevubukaxibowofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab622b4619b---kebozemubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/binevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/13138553111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/66172154448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/sufifizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/kiwafusazitorafexufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfahk.com/upload/files/sarogurigokejunasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37801303431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+enjoyment+of+theatre+textbook+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_off0000bc17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC17 10996 bytes
SHA-256: f90866f8b5df970003db4680edf73339794564ced39ea3a22efbb015e6b88f1e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD546 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED58 16116 bytes
SHA-256: 1974bf3f504db4f4e0c2062a8b8141e12385939177d73dab2d5452f002d2c020