Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b58ef768df0cf70e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-14 22:05:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 801b1908baae7ed2b974a3d8cfa55d8f SHA-1: dd2f2b8a91d79098cc6f0f21e8b1fb4ab657b8b5 SHA-256: b58ef768df0cf70e889d7e5bd2c7fc23a88d9676bb3a1bea38b26f530fefe8f6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+matrix+2+free+online PDF link annotation
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/47184529489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73740448527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/17466109851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ead585518d---povapamosilirunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/7810815576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opgzvh.hr/upload/file/kijuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84220796224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockycheng.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogevutasetatomexirenope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/26407621880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131305e469b5---zawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdb9b0456a---jaziromenokumosimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevemakoguxome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/48637444467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/sisomepeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32687410509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91928603222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613317a35c007---71915617954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4187045593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/disunite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210902202134104272uleef6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96431390492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents/files/1544783590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/deparamigimogaxunetib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/6496417344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/lunudeju.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_off0000d751.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD751 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 61dde8d2d9b073e2cf06b29d68e9e489fe8d6dae9ed8d03f4d574bcb8126061c
font_01_sfnt_off000105eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105EB 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 2fa56753cdc513664c68f9dbbcf45630a4a1a669bef6639466be6cc0282a1abe
font_02_sfnt_off00011da3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1