Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb58241bdef23d1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:26:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7b901cf70ab16e3392f35f78d9c3b780 SHA-1: 75fba3021243bbcbda51cbe0b971ff62c4e4e283 SHA-256: cb58241bdef23d1cdedf94d3751c81a67c4ffb2f43e1b37ee4fb3d248c871083
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and numerous suspicious URLs confirm its nature as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6574a1aeb8e2220d2c277e86b0f15f11/97305834130.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780205aff0a---rafumovosezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/70099945029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivavovijujarekifedazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c9e419ced---90472920103.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1623143772sutenebugiperuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/36931346572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dbf4ed19c6---xexadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33658954474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0sslmn4d7m7spl036pv2pv7cct/jinibegimivanuxifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/75558348545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7d181c9eb8---wigozebimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/10822212891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samilove-payitforward.com/clients/f/f9/f9b0b202ed5d2cb263a89f8a9bd08a94/File/wegutupujajadunivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ad1e571d9---lufuvurutoterufufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5hss7hokekk45a7m7hbqoen82/nunafire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/xuxexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bp3qemd8gdcj5itugqbnpqgv6/zoxokidinalawudojuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bm-shower.com/userfiles/files/58615574453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=basic+commands+in+linux+pdf+with+examplePDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7992489313b5acdc72996e05bde1fd45/60065819303.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_off0000d975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD975 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 8ce3530d133d0afe1b01faa0b1d6c681afb4eead0d196937ac8a24620bc144fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f35e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF35E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B70 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 6ea1cc82a40f7cc6de7fa5e291a6d35c9400c56745f657cf66f287d3e41c6de2