Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea58f01fdeeb4efb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

156.4 KB Created: 2021-08-11 07:06:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 54c4379a6747cf51751736606b6ed9f6 SHA-1: 7ae1a09937bd158d76df0d01e2ac5aea467d5ce9 SHA-256: ea58f01fdeeb4efbddd0fffbaa193d13e6a1a2335428df333dba8d4b1d08a9ef
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits malicious behavior by hosting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The heuristics indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent, with multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious verdict, suggesting the document is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=horus+heresy+book+9+pdf+download
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094125460798---dibupijakirowerugolepafux.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0097f7be97d08be4adc3410ec2b9223f/4201254018.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbbcda4f696a4ba0a8c31f42a0b7f89a/75660233512.pdf
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/subukafosojefibu.pdf
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/wujanoposojobixapisu.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/fimoxevolibupefagisuw.pdf
    • http://ibiforstarlight.org/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/fubokizafonovup.pdf
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/xidalegifunevagako.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/bovusoxefabanoxar.pdf
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/pujetozu.pdf
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/23943778300.pdf
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/66685791487.pdf
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/befiju.pdf
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/me1bs7ajm3ph3udtrej16mj633/38230850210.pdf
    • http://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/23470220554.pdf
    • http://zussobrance.sk/grafika/dokumenty/tajutabexebawep.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1bda8d7ab---85418636194.pdf
    • http://miryangpension.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210721_1B7C260574B8E3DA.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e00cccc0e---betomitesikimeroxi.pdf
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/jizoxexif.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbce8aabacdae19951da243fc5e54afd/18348774229.pdf
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/17314406660.pdf
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/zujeririko.pdf
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirebedaserefi.pdf
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/kalozawufudofet.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001fd32.bin
af55278dc7321ffe39868cb77b2f3ad7149060ac62284635e39306f5b61c5126
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FD32 19480 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0002312b.bin
a6976c610b904763a27fa5780b218e9f31ade60cfeabf19d833c0166561b6432
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2312B 11096 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00024adf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24ADF 16792 bytes