Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c58a3f6b94507a32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-08-13 16:58:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 55f62b4a019a5acb3dd97a9c7bbbe076 SHA-1: ccef6a8bfddc7c70ee32a07c077065d9ebf62a67 SHA-256: c58a3f6b94507a32cbf5c506eaca16dda8a72211e29beefa1e404c457f59cbca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, strongly indicates malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this. The JavaScript likely facilitates the malicious activity, possibly by redirecting users to phishing sites or downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://isosklo.cz/uploads/73773305152.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2da910d4f5fe1d67cc22d4b6237425/pupewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0h17auhcn5qr3to1u41verlik5/17943848034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/805498311a9bca0fa9a62f8fc7aa8312/28450558269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/856pbdn59nvdm2u99tgd32iog0/tavafinuveguxipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/dodexodonidelerubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/34043812057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/20804099096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n551c8tvgflu2uj00tuehkrcf7/95082467161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dodexoropilotebibosoxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/817b09986dac671097610e0941862df0/ramaxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugixixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3lf8fg34sok5n96fmhvo17hi8/femituvizofazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/zeragijiboxonojive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dddfe5d01b62ebcea11f4b781dd24a8/bosuwanifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28379381898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyextractor.com/d/files/ravanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d586712f9---kobizigamuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buyafranchise.org/files/files/44518972419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40d4b29a2a00810a14b228b6f53a7484/kugalujumewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/83066305466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76eed3b22e047f51d96df823798adc2e/41557334119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/bozalila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=black+ops+3+zombies+mod+menu+xbox+onePDF 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_off0001027d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027D 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 5a21be47aa4fb6de15b1ae374511b5f04e4a0317aff962f2a043c20998c081f2
font_01_sfnt_off000131c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000149df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149DF 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 9230e13b84a9af9c82c2ff3a5ee343fe0090920a29edacd52bb31faf47830647