Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f58741c743dc3cb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 13:50:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0564d337d7ffa36bbbf768f6d1a8c4c8 SHA-1: 3ce8250dcab70fceb621e733744c8a46a5ee507d SHA-256: f58741c743dc3cb1b8955b6dce4c6c980584bbb258bdcf66de949da0f4a4106f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caca1504ad---15930728166.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0328eb22f4accf20497db353a95ac2a/65506926813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/45243499026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/31098843272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/pufarujigimuturiledumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773599d4741---darenifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608364041a2ae---71819280969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/30890461175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/gomurawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf9c7cfc3e---ridisamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/586410e10ccb447bbc35aa453fc2e96d/faruniwukurakefuwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/xetiwukagiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/91723932986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e51f70130615e7f81afe603a9ba3c45e/wepinakanixasajitagoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/jesemusipami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/tujesatorug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nevexafaluwakomubejetanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021061214244355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77074749594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4c4lmorskfpfvmqlsp40r3nht/lufolotiwipokanukobabala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elshandmadedesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaletizijupokamaveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e50a460c1ef---sigabamolomudalikegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/98774433852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hangover+2+full+movie+download+in+tamilrockersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF872 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11083 16364 bytes
SHA-256: 71d5e5bed019cb5b5b8bd4007c7e08b59b5846f3451e5c53d167968d93d77d69
font_02_sfnt_off000126f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F3 17196 bytes
SHA-256: b009a88de8b15859c6f03e76bfe5739854046798eb68a25b9597f74e193af411
font_03_sfnt_off000153d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153D6 11276 bytes
SHA-256: ed8e5374ac7745f226aadec0a676e44207bacd6f2aeaa327f6d765361e3d305e