Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a58ea7dbbbe8741d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:33:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5acca6e763fb841a32833b71a5165d06 SHA-1: e4560a72e72a9a2167fa400abd2bca43f866c49b SHA-256: a58ea7dbbbe8741df6ec4568d419f7ea555b0218f5d5f7c857e3a9d2ba65d19d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the overall structure point to a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iowa+driver%27s+permit+test+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca95a6b14b---89738080829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/57696511963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icoachyou.biz/images/ckeditor/files/72162607963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98cde99fd37b7c9720a5b218b737c922/nojitavakawejomoveteribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaccugiare24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/37219529072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b245f5ccc89da07aba38dcf00e20d4f3/55591083345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnh496okjt880aj9ntggcd5bup/81288010583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a6d5402b874dabc1dc93acd3a3c991/5850626368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/jigozaronifafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/64414020726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/49520883092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/joiot5flkhqucc5qt9f3hpkiq6/26106618347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16ea0417c2---61512772777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/lezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/56316910174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/bonowimigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/tikimafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-baoloc.com/luutru/files/fukelowodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26b63cfed9---maxezonupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/vodanefimarikijigemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/lunovepawomusokixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperugia.fr/userfiles/file/53896404549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608700fb2ca1a---73389608884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608223e107ec1---58424277041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd95873de1---30745974575.pdfIn 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://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_off0000f5f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F9 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 8eb01b2a3f8cff8166202e6aea4ef6cf919f8ecc07e1e192270135830cf1e12f
font_01_sfnt_off000125e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DF7 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 7d9829e2a8358bd47a25a2700a8a4dd5bde225957003b635c6c66cb2968fdc52