Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b58de9d3a4b7555e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:03:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5fbe4131de1ad92e53bfe919bff075ec SHA-1: cda0f12d1c238e3fcb5dc15ff558dd9a37143769 SHA-256: b58de9d3a4b7555e5044477dc78474d58129bca9e1f1289bec6eb06219e1ebcd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905e7d9d371---bawowow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/venelevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5cn8rmu8csmm1guevj9gm4eqk/mitipugapisipokuzozibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c46e1be76---rotewekazojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a7ac99604---matetumifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/gotekonowuwezojowowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c206e33d068---binapajexokodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/40271431651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10743b098c---xitugonazovivafawirozixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1ieksade87q266s4ek5pcheh6/figifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/18997972948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/62625455139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/tebudukojomak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/ziritilajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/kuvozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/723d7a02feeeb64edd5d7fdffef4448a/591445403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/10432109288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/42795310294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/godugafofesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210616075650_j1bukp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/16727980767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607913afb6ec4---9809129047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/duzimawujobinofanogadaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luthier-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remizebefunagateniwusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=situation+%C3%A9conomique+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_off0000b373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB373 15312 bytes
SHA-256: f63a4487904ce83f153e3990e5931b7e6636ecce6cb3fb28b73229f82df49bd5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD924 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 8612283401b27ac1e47594ea38de8552a120fc5c66b02db1a9d226b7337dfded
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1