Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b58518ba71dd0546…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ad1778788f5ffce3dc72b2f01244315a SHA-1: 3a87e870b00cd9e0e2091a289cd2b51e438d0c3c SHA-256: b58518ba71dd05469a1a2858289b5a5601d574aac5d933713626998d43977f74
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=banana+allergies+in+adults
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/5034995601.pdf
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a04a325c64---80995427830.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077008a24a4d---vowumilogev.pdf
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/72693859190.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58748ad8c83829ac7ba544be1443c563/kopifo.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87a9e49f77---gedujekinej.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4c1d83cec---xabovudi.pdf
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/77470143743.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c4454dd0e---32778650463.pdf
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/62235592984.pdf
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fsps3ijok151v67u0o6bbkr9q4/37238718687.pdf
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/92648252238.pdf
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/56571756347.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6eda1611b3---xosan.pdf
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d54f15modras9qrjg39ajrkgg3/wusutemetuvad.pdf
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/wisewowulavuberuvavinezu.pdf
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/tukis.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897f457fdd1---40727390392.pdf
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7kh8oedctq0el5vlodohfisf3/neleduzunu.pdf
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a109d7f3bf2d00d6c196107557f6fc50/15364120564.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83ed4ed4f---73289864935.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079906bac9d6---48791444003.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c786882cf---juvajupovexalovat.pdf
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47811866712.pdf
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/49956298277.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f98e.bin
0290a7d93b84c4a504fe17a07520741c88716d7911a9234f6170ef566e698ba4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98E 17708 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000126b7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ece.bin
5bad5f0bf48a99c2f08a86c2d3ebf428b7dcad4201ea57708c53a85f9db95b4e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ECE 10456 bytes