Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb58fecf688706a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:23:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7f9ae5aa3d42d73c9bf629fba7160f8c SHA-1: b6cf78e3fdfc9b5dca7130c4191ecc7be00cb49c SHA-256: fb58fecf688706a36e0ee680b184fb320d858a09154c233534cb0706f6ea99d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with critical heuristic firings indicating it is a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, suggesting an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, reinforce the phishing and malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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 http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/030914066850.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89ce26f997---80219369766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c04a911d65f40ae6f1f333a90650929d/zazodimujazasiwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/xiragefujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/46764584523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/rujoxefesajejite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0h266pfusaa61e0jdokqeei3g/14311296735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/25445362213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/12812513903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioego.cz/userfiles/file/91434057009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/94392873258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8521317791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/degenujozuxolidotirevujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/25970229447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goxaxixomoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd829c1ba0d---jilukimomapudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/2342142039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c396d705c63---dulope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae589cdb22f---xewazitarevifiwerujuxitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b3eaca4cc6f2435a4838e4a7aa706db/mezelane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkercombsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/df/dfd517ab040340b2551da60fba195f5f/File/31274110904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256508ef623ce22fb957e36819024254/6690434008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/10361190785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e01e2d18fac---32506118770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/vebirupozuxaterexeladufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=synthesizing+worksheets+pdfPDF 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_off0000e46f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE46F 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 671addc06ae6e046512b45bfabbeb6f39218d803a05f6d3fcd1a1cd4020665ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD9 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 8309c30e1257b658c64e5f87a8d6d96cf06976f8193e4574898845f7d43b3635
font_02_sfnt_off00012a40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1