Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f58b9dd28d28ee41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 23:53:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 43e3c38a5df3b9aca04209f3741a0c24 SHA-1: d374d8c12e95fa9c3a11aef0e197f8b5d13a7248 SHA-256: f58b9dd28d28ee41f7387cebae158d548cc3245c495c1d7dbd28ca29c4880771
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+whisky+vaults+oban PDF link annotation
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccmk1iruehe9qkdsnafk1m11ua/fosuzibadibuzekenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/48957338240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3fcabc5960bd5779f2bd9e2f2e47ac/sobanunitatimugaxilines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c12c215e407ac6e7ed9b249e5421c11/45048554102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abc9d37106---91388854058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b741677932d---18710650483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ff69d560e13fe1c638cb23c13c8c846/89969987020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2dcd713cd0---nedoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/79548042658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-go.org/files/73672694540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dddfc0e1d76acb198bb86ca76afa3988/sirigodafezesojadeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrj1nb2ti7n2mm7a94ibd5aph0/68645542755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabcbf86724---nelovefixefuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/emku6kvepas5e4jtv5s0mhvv3n/desivozisimuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c770ee849bb---75819377006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49cfb755a7---busuvapadegetekuxivafejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvct6h2f2dv8ck9uk84ve408ga/68584636635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/9350819011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d3e4e072d---62834894691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f9cb91e06---65184308686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahi3j1rdn0g1s1i3sp1i94lnba/45583523589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/jujulelijajunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://51-lq.com/userfiles/file///pubutodenabitiwepuloraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ba0bd1191---23441050409.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_off0000ba1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD234 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 661c137ebd9fb0d691ec583de3c5b20601597b841bd384d881b1021825a556a4
font_02_sfnt_off0000eab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB2 15172 bytes
SHA-256: 563e1439f821542b11f99045766e236f193b599c985f956eb6719b5fdfdf7732