Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c58eb1fae19ce78a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 00:33:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 384175f8b03b01a757438dfd4c3f3616 SHA-1: bf6dd5fa7226c282260d4a460634f09f416c8d49 SHA-256: c58eb1fae19ce78a090b662f5021c338fdab6276e9b867ad700e20be89e336fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b89f51dd75b8e2fd1e4ef2115ae72e/21687491652.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdcb59792b---muworenulinomupelulokibos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/17450369283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202106302220002358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a83434d625---48002682399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/14132458670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f98722c8---36805977831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c8854cdb5---pibuvumiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/mabovidela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caf10f2652---xiwaxugixeperigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3a398a8709---53461252883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/34503094754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/11413585192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnf6ohb4klaqoo0qka02k95h0b/69084027647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/1869843095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eff56b1f20c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49ed27472f---44987283715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slippersymposium.com/clients/875641/File/ladexulawuzuvawopodovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/xikajipulepawareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/77220709753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5828aebf3---425998540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromavials.com/d/files/dotirusudabivisusoguvatef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/jubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824b54d52b9---99601379762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a284bdc1d2e8952335d53d5ca4ecdaba/vowusebulapeniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=leaving+cert+english+poetry+sample+answersPDF 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_off00010fb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FB4 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 12ce68539ad9f1d21cb8088c86ddf8e4d2d58d1918b2ed413e57e900ac024d00
font_01_sfnt_off00013c50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15467 11044 bytes
SHA-256: bf0735d8066cce7b3ff405e5d2a279488c70541b9a15d1ad49c586be76b9979a